| prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection among hemophiliacs in fukuoka, japan. | to determine when the hemophiliacs in fukuoka prefecture, japan, first became positive for antibodies, we tested human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) antibodies on serum samples obtained from 1976-1987 stored at -30 c. fifteen out of 64 hemophilia a patients (23.4%), five out of 11 hemophilia b patients (45.5%), but none of 17 patients with von willebrand's disease (0%) were positive for hiv antibodies. in this series, two with hemophilia a became positive for hiv antibodies for the first time in ... | 1988 | 3143898 |
| prevalence of hepatitis b markers, antibodies to adult t cell leukemia/lymphoma virus and antibodies to human immune deficiency virus in prostitutes in fukuoka, japan. | prevalence of hepatitis b (hb) markers, antibodies to human t cell leukemia virus (htlv-1) and antibodies to human immune deficiency virus 1 (hiv-1) in prostitutes working in fukuoka city were studied. sera were collected from 237 prostitutes during january-september, 1986. among them, 9 (3.8%) were hb virus surface-antigen (hbs ag) positive, of whom, 3 were hbe antigen positive and the remaining 6 were anti-hbe positive. the positive rate of anti-hbs was 34.2%. the incidence of anti-htlv-1 in t ... | 1987 | 2900907 |
| reduced chlamydial infection and gonorrhea among commercial sex workers in fukuoka city, japan. | until recently, epidemiologic studies of sexually transmitted diseases (stds), including human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (hiv-1) infection, among japanese female commercial sex workers and their patterns of condom use have been rare. we investigated trends in stds among female commercial sex workers and their condom use patterns in fukuoka, japan, from 1990 through 1995. | 1998 | 9781437 |
| trends in sexually transmitted diseases and condom use patterns among commercial sex workers in fukuoka city, japan 1990-93. | to investigate trends in sexually transmitted diseases (stds) among female commercial sex workers and in their condom use patterns during the period from 1990 to 1993 in fukuoka, japan. | 1996 | 8976854 |