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3467076

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-2-19
pubmed:abstractText
Few patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome have been reported in the Dominican Republic, although they share the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, which has numerous cases. Prevalence of antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus in serum samples from Dominicans tested from 1983 through 1985 was low in comparison with that of clinically healthy Haitians working in the country. The Haitians, who gave no history of any known risk factor, had a seroprevalence to the virus of more than 10%. Only Dominican homosexuals had a high rate of seropositivity (19%); intravenous drug abusers, healthy heterosexuals, female prostitutes, and other subgroups had virtually no evidence of antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus. These results suggest that passage of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome retrovirus between populations in two countries on the same island did not occur except by known risk practices. They emphasize that the extent of viral transmission in Haiti is greater than that observed in the Dominican Republic.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0098-7484
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
257
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
631-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Prevalence of antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus in Dominicans and Haitians in the Dominican Republic.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't