ANTI-HEPATITIS-C VIRUS-ANTIBODIES AMONGST ITALIAN HOMO-BISEXUAL MALES

被引：17

作者：

RICCHI, E ^{[1
]}

BORDERI, M ^{[1
]}

COSTIGLIOLA, P ^{[1
]}

MINIERO, R ^{[1
]}

SPROVIERI, G ^{[1
]}

CHIODO, F ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] POLICLIN S ORSOLA,CENT LAB,BOLOGNA,ITALY

来源：

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY | 1992年 / 8卷 / 06期

关键词：

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS-C VIRUS ANTIBODY; HOMOSEXUAL MEN; HCV; TRANSMISSION;

D O I：

10.1007/BF00145323

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

The authors report on an anti-hepatitis C virus antibody (HCV Ab) prevalence (6.9%) in 622 homo-bisexual males from Northern Italy, voluntarily attending an HIV and STDs screening program in the period 1984-89. The anti-HCV antibody prevalence shows a significant correlation with: i) presence of serological markers for HBV (O.R. = 3.12; 95% C.I. = 1.53-6.52) and HIV (O.R. = 12.09; C.I. = 6.52-22.52) infection; ii) a stable relationship with an anti-HCV antibody positive partner (O.R. = 7.79; 95% C.I. = 2.50-23.90); iii) more than twenty different male partners per year (O.R. = 2.55; 95% C.I. = 1.17-5.66). These data demonstrate the existence of a sexual transmission of HCV among homosexuals. This route might contribute in maintaining endemic levels of HCV infection in the homo-bisexual population and it might represent an important way of spreading the virus in the general population too.

引用

页码：804 / 807

页数：4

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