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12537737

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-2-27
pubmed:abstractText
A cross-sectional study among Japanese female commercial sex workers (CSWs) working in soaplands (massage parlours with baths) was conducted between July 1999 and June 2000. The study subjects included 135 CSWs aged from 20 to 36 years. A questionnaire included sexual characteristics in addition to real name, working name, and date of birth. We serologically or bacteriologically confirmed prevalences of HIV-1, HIV-2, hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, syphilis, and trichomonads. Anti-HCV positive was 0.7%. Although anti-HBs positive was 15.6% no HBsAg was confirmed. Seroprevalence of C. trachomatis was 8.9% and of syphilis was 4.4%. The other STDs studied were not detected. A statistically significant difference was observed between middle-class CSWs and high-class ones about condom use (P<0.01). Prevalences of STDs among Japanese female CSWs working in middle- and high-class soaplands were evidently lower than those reported previously.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0956-4624
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
833-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Prevalences of and risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases among Japanese female commercial sex workers in middle- and high-class soaplands in Japan.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan. motonobu@cis.fukuoka-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article