THE MALE STREET PROSTITUTE - A VECTOR FOR TRANSMISSION OF HIV-INFECTION INTO THE HETEROSEXUAL WORLD
THE MALE STREET PROSTITUTE - A VECTOR FOR TRANSMISSION OF HIV-INFECTION INTO THE HETEROSEXUAL WORLD
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DOI：
10.1016/0277-9536(91)90287-m
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发表时间：
1991-01-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
GAUMER, HR
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作者：
MORSE, EV;SIMON, PM;GAUMER, HR
对211名新奥尔良街头男妓进行了采访，并对他们进行了人体免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）抗体检测。对受试者的生活方式特征及其性别和吸毒习惯进行了评估，以确定妓女作为艾滋病毒传播媒介向目前感染率较低的人群传播艾滋病毒的潜力。还从样本中获得了男妓顾客的信息。样本中的艾滋病毒流行率为175/1000。许多男妓报告说，他们有妻子或女朋友，其中一些人本身就是妓女。妓女认为大多数男性顾客是异性恋或双性恋（表明与女性和男性都有性接触），其中许多人（39%）被认为已婚。研究结果支持以下论点，即男妓通过与非嫖客性伴侣和嫖客接触，从而间接地将艾滋病毒感染到这些人的配偶和性伴侣，成为将艾滋病毒感染到目前感染率较低的人群的桥梁。
Two hundred and eleven New Orleans male street prostitutes were interviewed and tested for antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The subjects' lifestyle characteristics and their sex and drug use practices were evaluated to determine the prostitutes' potential to function as a vector for transmission of HIV into populations with currently low infection rates. Information about the customers of the male prostitutes was also obtained from the sample. The period prevalence of HIV in the sample was 175/1000. Many of the male prostitutes reported having wives or girlfriends, some of whom were prostitutes themselves. The prostitutes perceived a majority of their male customers to be heterosexual or bisexual (indicating sexual contact with women as well as men), many (39%) were thought to be married. Results from the study support the argument that male prostitutes serve as a bridge of HIV infection into populations with currently low infection rates through contact with both non-customer sexual partners and customers and thus indirectly to spouses and sexual partners of these individuals.