Yoshida S, Mizuguchi Y, Mizue K, Sakamoto H, Urabe S
Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Jpn J Med Sci Biol. 1987 Oct-Dec;40(5-6):171-4. doi: 10.7883/yoken1952.40.171.
Prevalence of hepatitis B (HB) markers, antibodies to human T cell leukemia virus (HTLV-1) and antibodies to human immune deficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) in prostitutes working in Fukuoka city were studied. Sera were collected from 237 prostitutes during January-September, 1986. Among them, 9 (3.8%) were HB virus surface-antigen (HBs Ag) positive, of whom, 3 were HBe antigen positive and the remaining 6 were anti-HBe positive. The positive rate of anti-HBs was 34.2%. The incidence of anti-HTLV-1 in the prostitutes was 5.9%. These incidences are considered to be within the usual range in Kyushu district. No seropositive case for anti-HIV was found.
对在福冈市工作的妓女进行了乙型肝炎(HB)标志物、人类T细胞白血病病毒(HTLV-1)抗体和人类免疫缺陷病毒1型(HIV-1)抗体的流行情况研究。于1986年1月至9月期间收集了237名妓女的血清。其中,9人(3.8%)乙型肝炎病毒表面抗原(HBs Ag)呈阳性,其中3人HBe抗原呈阳性,其余6人抗-HBe呈阳性。抗-HBs的阳性率为34.2%。妓女中抗-HTLV-1的发生率为5.9%。这些发生率被认为在九州地区的正常范围内。未发现抗-HIV血清阳性病例。