| sexual behavior and hbv infection among noninjecting cocaine users (nicus). | the aim is to estimate hbv prevalence and the associated risks among noninjecting cocaine users (nicus). in 2002-2003, a total of 824 nicus from buenos aires (argentina) and montevideo (uruguay) were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. serologic tests were carried out for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis b (hbv), syphilis, and others. the population was divided into two serologic groups: hbv-infected and seronegative group. univariate and binary logistic model were develop ... | 2010 | 20438315 |
| htlv-1/2 among high-risk groups in argentina: molecular diagnosis and prevalence of different sexual transmitted infections. | the objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence and characterize the epidemiologic patterns of htlv-1/2 infections and co-infections with hiv, hbv (hepatitis b), hcv (hepatitis c), and treponema pallidum in five different high-risk groups, including injecting drug users (idus), female sex workers (fsws), men who have sex with men (msm), patients with tuberculosis (tb), and patients attending clinics for sexually transmitted infections (stis) in buenos aires, argentina. the htlv-1/2 ... | 2007 | 17935172 |
| bloodborne and sexually transmitted infections in drug users in a hospital in buenos aires, argentina. | injection drug users (idus) constitute a population highly vulnerable to infections transmitted by blood or sexual relations. social problems and marginalization hinder idus from accessing the health care system. the rates of prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis c virus, and hepatitis b virus infections in idus are high, and they have become of great concern for the argentinean health care system. an integral frame oriented to identifying the extent of the different individual r ... | 2003 | 14648444 |
| hiv-1 and hepatitis b virus infections in adolescents lodged in security institutes of buenos aires. | the goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) and hepatitis b virus (hbv) infections in street youth lodged in security institutes, from february 1992 to march 1995, to correlate these infections with nontherapeutic drug use, and to compare these results with a previous study done in a similar population. a total of 1460 white adolescents, 276 females and 1184 males, were enrolled (mean age 16.6 years). prevalence of hiv-1 was 4.58% and of ... | 1996 | 11361493 |