HTLV-I in Northeast Brazil: differences for male and female injecting drug users

Article Abstract:

Many intravenous drug addicts in Brazil are infected with HTLV-I. A survey of 216 intravenous drug addicts in Salvador, Brazil revealed that 22% of men were infected with HTLV-I, 11% with HTLV-II and 44% with HIV. Among women, the percentages were 46% infected with HTLV-I, 10% with HTLV-II and 74% with HIV. Long-term drug use, sharing of needles and a history of syphilis were the most common risk factors for HTLV-I infection.

Statistics, Drug addicts, Drug abusers, HTLV-I infections, Brazilians

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Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in HIV-positive and HIV-negative homosexual men in the San Francisco Bay Area: allergies, prior medication use, and sexual practices

Article Abstract:

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is common among HIV-positive gay men, but the risk of developing the cancer is lower among the most sexually active and the most allergic. HIV infection increases the risk of NHL 20-fold. Gay men who had had the most receptive anal intercourse or who had hay fever had lower rates of the disease, perhaps because of immunosuppression by semen contact or allergic responses.

United States, Statistical Data Included, Risk factors, Physiological aspects, Allergy, HIV patients, Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, Gay men, Anal intercourse

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