Borick Joseph
Medical School for International Health, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Jul 11;2014:bcr2014204635. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-204635.
Jogini is the name for a female sexually exploited temple attendant and is used interchangeably with Devadasi in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Jogini are twice more likely than other women who are used for sexual intercourse in India to be HIV positive, and their rate of mortality from HIV is 10 times the total mortality rate for all women in India. The four states in India with the most Jogini also have the highest prevalence of HIV. The following case is unfortunately typical of the Jogini and sheds light on a potentially disastrous public health problem in rural South India.
约吉尼是指在印度安德拉邦遭受性剥削的女性寺庙侍从，在该邦常与神庙舞女互换使用。在印度，约吉尼感染艾滋病毒呈阳性的可能性是其他被用于性交的女性的两倍，她们因艾滋病毒导致的死亡率是印度所有女性总死亡率的10倍。印度约吉尼数量最多的四个邦艾滋病毒感染率也最高。以下案例不幸地成为约吉尼群体的典型情况，揭示了印度南部农村地区一个潜在的灾难性公共卫生问题。
