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Aids risk in Irish homosexual men associated with other sexually transmitted diseases

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THIS study looked at the relationship between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody status and the presence of other sexually transmitted diseases (STD) in 179 homosexual men who attended a Dublin STD clinic. Sixteen men were found to be HIV antibody positive and there was a high incidence of other STD in this group. In particular, evidence of past or present infection with syphilis or hepatitis B was a strong indicator of a probable positive HIV antibody test.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin

    C. O’Mahony, H. Humphreys & C. T. Keane

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O’Mahony, C., Humphreys, H. & Keane, C.T. Aids risk in Irish homosexual men associated with other sexually transmitted diseases. I.J.M.S. 157, 111–112 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02950365

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