Seroprevalence of AIDS in Chilean male and female prostitutes. II. Male prostitution
Bernal, J.N.; Arroyave, R.; Hurtado, C.; Marín, M.; Torres, V.; Feres, E.
Revista Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecologia 54(5): 310-313
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0048-766X PMID: 2490421 Document Number: 376919
ELISA test to detect HIV-1 antibodies was performed to 65 homosexuals and homosexual male prostitutes in a Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Clinic in Santiago de Chile together with a survey about risk factors. It was found that 40 of them (62%) practice prostitution with a rate of 1.5% clients per day. All the studied group presented dissemination of HIV risk factors like low frequency usage of condom, patients hide their homosexual condition, they have donated blood, they do not manifest an attitude towards changing their behaviors and have had intercourse with the opposite sex. We found 1 (1.54%) seropositive confirmed by Western blot in a homosexual who does not practice prostitution.