Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B and
Hepatitis C Virus Antibodies and Hepatitis B Antigen Among
Commercial Sex Workers in Japan

Kazuhisa  Ishi; Fujihiko  Suzuku; Akira  Saito; Shinsaku  Yoshimoto; Takeyoshi  Kubota

doi:10.1155/S1064744901000357

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 2001)

Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Virus Antibodies and Hepatitis B Antigen Among Commercial Sex Workers in Japan

Kazuhisa Ishi,
Fujihiko Suzuku,
Akira Saito,
Shinsaku Yoshimoto,
Takeyoshi Kubota

Affiliations

Kazuhisa Ishi: Department of Clinical Pathology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan
Fujihiko Suzuku: Department of Clinical Pathology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan
Akira Saito: Department of Clinical Pathology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan
Shinsaku Yoshimoto: Department of Clinical Pathology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan
Takeyoshi Kubota: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, 2-1-1 Tomioka, Urayasu City, Chiba, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744901000357
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 4
pp. 215 – 219

Abstract

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Objective: To investigate the prevalence of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), and of hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigen in commercial sex workers (CSW) who attended a sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic in Tokyo.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/idog/

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