The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
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Short Report
Detection of HIV-1 and HIV-2 Antibodies among Chlamydia trachomatis Infected Pregnant Women in Japan
Takusei Umenai, Sumana Barua, Yasumi Osaka, Chuichi Itoh, Osamu Nakagomi, Toshinobu Tanaka, Nobuko Sato, Hiroshi Suzuki, Masahiko Hiroi, Jiro Mizoguchi, Yoshinori Hatakeyama, Chikara Endo, Shiuji Honda, Shigeru Katamine
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Keywords: HIV infection, C. trachomatis infection, HIV surveillance, sexual behavior
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1996 Volume 178 Issue 4 Pages 447-450

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Abstract
An anonymous unlinked HIV antibody test was conducted on 1632 Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) antibody positive women from 10 institutes of 7 prefectures in Japan. All the sera were negative for both HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies. The result may support the suggestion that HIV prevalence is low among general population in Japan. Such a test as this study will be useful not only for developing a reliable HIV surveillance system but also for the study of sexual behavior of general population, since C. trachomatis infection is sensitive to reflect sexual contact.
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