By J. A. Gbeene, M.D., Medical Officer, Serampore. Ox the 29th May last, about 2 a.m., a prostitute was picked up by the police in one of the streets of Serampore drunk and incapable ; she was taken to the thannah and locked up ; she was very violent and excited whilst at the thannah, and vomited freely. In the morning finding her behaving move like an insane than a drunken person, she was sent...

A Peruvian female prostitute population was evaluated over a 3-year period to determine the incidence and risk factors of retroviral and viral hepatitis transmission. At three survey periods, a questionnaire was administered and serum samples were obtained. A total of 966 subjects were studied, with 34% followed for 38 months, 22% followed for 18 months, and 44% evaluated just once. On initial ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) in British troops in the tropics with that in a standard population. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of STD clinic records over one calendar year. SETTING A British Military Hospital in the Tropics serving 1441 resident personnel. SUBJECTS All patients attending a STD clinic. MAIN FINDINGS 815 cases of STD were reco...

the study of prostitute women's knowledge about ways of hiv transmission in tehran in 1390 azizi h , saboory e *, ghaderi s received: 11 sep , 2013 accepted: 21 nov , 2013 abstract: background & aims: a third wave of sexual transmission of hiv has been increased recently. in this context, one of the high risk groups is female sex workers that as a vulnerable group they are prone to aids an...