| [prevalence of hepatitis c virus and human immunodeficiency virus infection among japanese female prostitutes]. | to investigate the incidence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in japanese sexual workers, 191 out of 194 female prostitutes working in a certain district of the tokyo metropolitan area were tested for anti-hcv, anti-hepatitis b virus (hbv), anti-hiv and anti-treponema pallidum (tp). they were also interviewed with regard to their past history of blood transfusion, vaccination against hbv, liver diseases and repeated skin piercing treatments such as tatt ... | 1993 | 8329759 |