Short report:: High prevalence of HIV and syphilis in a remote native community of the Peruvian Amazon
Short report:: High prevalence of HIV and syphilis in a remote native community of the Peruvian Amazon
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DOI：
10.4269/ajtmh.2007.76.703
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发表时间：
2007-04-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Gotuzzo, Eduardo
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作者：
Zavaleta, Carol;Fernandez, Connie;Gotuzzo, Eduardo
关于艾滋病毒和其他性传播感染如何影响包括秘鲁在内的拉丁美洲土著人民的数据很少。我们进行了艾滋病毒感染和梅毒的血清流行病学调查的土著社区，Chayahuita，土著人口在亚马逊地区的秘鲁。成人HIV和梅毒血清阳性率分别为7.5%（6/80）和6.3%（5/80）。没有一个参与者使用过避孕套。男性对男性的性行为是常见的。按照目前艾滋病毒的流行程度，整个Chayahuita族裔群体的生存有可能受到不利影响。这项研究的结果强调需要采取紧急的医疗和人类学方法来阻止艾滋病毒在亚马逊土著社区的传播。
Little data are available on how HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) affect indigenous people in Latin America, including Peru. We conducted a sero-epidemiologic survey of HIV infection and syphilis in a native community, the Chayahuita, an indigenous population in the Amazon region of Peru. The seroprevalences of HIV and syphilis in adults were 7.5% (6 of 80) and 6.3% (5 of 80), respectively. None of the participants had ever used a condom. Male to male sexual behavior was common. At the current levels of HIV prevalence, there is the risk of a negative impact on the survival of the Chayahuita ethnic group as a whole. The outcomes of this study highlight the need for urgent medical and anthropologic approaches to stop HIV transmission in indigenous Amazonian communities.