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Document 2513
DOCN M94A2513
TI HIV infection in Singapore, 1985-1993.
DT 9412
AU Oh HM; Chew SK; Communicable Disease Centre, Singapore.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):287 (abstract no. PC0071). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370062
AB Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was first reported in
Singapore in 1985 and the first case of the acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS) was detected in 1986. By the end of 1993, there was a
cumulative 222 residents with HIV infection, including 75 cases of AIDS,
with a male-to-female ratio of 12:1. The majority of cases were infected
through sexual transmission (heterosexual 54%, homosexual 27%, bisexual
12%). Perinatal transmission accounted for 0.5%, intravenous drug use
3%, and infection from receiving contaminated blood and organ
transplantation overseas, 2%. Prior to 1990, HIV infection occurred
predominantly in homosexuals and bisexuals. After 1990, there was a
significant increase in the number of patients infected through
heterosexual transmission. Of the first 44 cases, 23% were attributed to
heterosexual transmission, compared with 62% for the subsequent 178
cases. The pattern of HIV infection in Singapore can be described as a
first wave of infection in homosexual and bisexual men followed by a
second wave in heterosexual males who had sexual exposures with persons
at risk for HIV infection and had in turn infected their spouses.
DE Female Human HIV Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Infant,
Newborn Male Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious Sex
Behavior Singapore/EPIDEMIOLOGY MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).