Burans J P, McCarthy M, el Tayeb S M, el Tigani A, George J, Abu-Elyazeed R, Woody J N
U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt.
East Afr Med J. 1990 Sep;67(9):650-5.
During October, 1987, 593 sera were collected from risk groups in Sudan's only major deepwater port, Port Sudan. The risk groups included prostitutes, lorry drivers and prisoners. A large proportion of the study participants practised high risk behaviour which included sexual promiscuity, medical treatment by injection, scarification and tattooing. Despite high risk behaviour and evidence of a high prevalence of hepatitis B infection, a virus transmitted in a manner similar to HIV, no study participants were positive for HIV infection. This data suggests that the prevalence of HIV infection amongst high risk groups in Port Sudan is very low. These findings confirm a lack of clinical cases of AIDS in hospitalized patients in Port Sudan and the small number of reported cases in other areas of northern Sudan.
1987年10月期间，在苏丹唯一的主要深水港苏丹港，从高危人群中采集了593份血清样本。高危人群包括妓女、卡车司机和囚犯。很大一部分研究参与者有高风险行为，包括性乱交、注射治疗、划痕和纹身。尽管存在高风险行为且有证据表明乙型肝炎感染率很高，而乙型肝炎是一种传播方式与艾滋病毒类似的病毒，但没有研究参与者的艾滋病毒感染呈阳性。这些数据表明，苏丹港高危人群中的艾滋病毒感染率非常低。这些发现证实了苏丹港住院患者中缺乏艾滋病临床病例，以及苏丹北部其他地区报告病例数量较少的情况。
