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T V Ellerbrock

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PubMed1991

Epidemiology of women with AIDS in the United States, 1981 through 1990. A comparison with heterosexual men with AIDS.

In the United States, women account for an increasing number and percentage of adults with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Overall, 51% of women with AIDS were infected through intravenous drug use and 29% through heterosexual contact; the proportion of intravenous drug users decreased, while the proportion attributed to heterosexual contact increased, between 1986 and 1990. Most women with AIDS were black or Hispanic (72%); residents of large metropolitan areas (73%), especially cities along the Atlantic coast; and of reproductive age (15 to 44 years) (85%). However, the proportion of women with AIDS reported by smaller cities and rural areas has increased from 22% in 1986 to 28% in 1990. The male-to-female ratio of heterosexuals with AIDS has remained about 2.4:1 since 1987. A comparison of women with AIDS to heterosexual men with AIDS showed that these two groups were similar by age, race, and geographic distribution. Also, survival times from AIDS diagnosis to death for women and heterosexual men with AIDS were not significantly different.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1990

Epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus infection in women in the United States.

From 1981 to 1989, the number of women with HIV infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) increased rapidly. Most women were infected through intravenous drug use or sexual contact with an infected man. Most children were infected through mother-to-infant transmission during pregnancy or delivery. Available data suggest that the rapid increase in the number of women with AIDS will continue for at least the next few years.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1989

Pregnancy-associated deaths due to AIDS in the United States.

From 1981 to 1988, eighty percent of all women with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) reported to the Centers for Disease Control were of reproductive age. Six pregnancy-associated deaths due to AIDS in this country have been reported in the medical literature. We identified 20 unpublished cases of women who died of AIDS during or within one year after termination of pregnancy. Analysis showed that these women were mostly black or Hispanic, half were intravenous drug abusers, and most died of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Each pregnancy had an obstetric complication, primarily preterm delivery. The interval between diagnosis of AIDS and the death of these women ranged from one day to 15 months, with a mean interval of 113 days. Multiple reporting sources increased case detection and should be used for future investigations. Prospective case-control studies are needed to determine any further relationship between pregnancy complications and AIDS.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗