| htlv-i infection among prostitutes and pregnant women in kinshasa, zaïre: how important is high-risk sexual behavior? | high-risk sexual behavior as risk factor for human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) infection was assessed in cross-sectional studies with 1,183 prostitutes and 1,166 pregnant women in kinshasa, zaire. eighty six (7.3%) prostitutes were positive for htlv-i. the seroprevalence among prostitutes from the regions along the equator was 12.7%, whereas among prostitutes from the other regions it ranged between 0 and 4.3%. in the prostitutes from the high-prevalence regions, but not in the pro ... | 1995 | 7697449 |
| human t cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) among female prostitutes in kinshasa, zaire. | three hundred seventy-seven prostitutes from kinshasa, zaire, were enrolled in a study to determine associated risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) and human t cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) infection. twelve samples (3.2%) were seropositive for htlv-i; results for hiv-1 (101 [26.8%]) are reported elsewhere. htlv-i prevalence increased with age, and seven of the seropositive women originated from the equateur region, a remote area in northwestern zaire. the preva ... | 1990 | 2345292 |