Elford J, McDonald A, Kaldor J; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1992 Jul 19-24; 8: C257 (abstract no. PoC 4072).
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Sydney, Australia.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the hypothesis that Kaposi's sarcoma among people with AIDS is caused by a sexually transmissible infectious agent. METHODS: Australian AIDS surveillance data between 1982 and 1991 were analysed by sex, age, exposure category and year of diagnosis. RESULTS: In Australia, to November 1991, 17.1% (524/3070) of persons with AIDS presented with Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) as their indicator disease; males, 17.5% (521/2978); females 3.3% (3/92). In general, KS was more common among those who had acquired HIV by sexual contact rather than parenterally. The proportion with KS ranged from 0.0% (0/41) in men with haemophilia to 19.0% (478/2518) in men reporting homosexual contact. Among men reporting bisexual contact 11.7% (23/197) presented with KS, as did 11.3% (7/62) of men and women reporting heterosexual contact. None of the female, but 13.9% (5/36) of the male injecting drug users presented with KS. Misclassification of exposure category can not be excluded. KS was predominantly reported in people aged 20-54 years with no cases under the age of 17. The proportion of men with KS declined from 28.9% (13/45) to 14.0% (76/544) between 1984 and 1991. CONCLUSIONS: The epidemiological characteristics of Kaposi's sarcoma among people with AIDS in Australia are broadly consistent with data from the USA and Europe. This provides further evidence that KS may be caused by a sexually transmissible agent.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Australia
- Bisexuality
- Communicable Diseases
- Europe
- Federal Government
- Female
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- Hemophilia A
- Homosexuality
- Humans
- Male
- Sarcoma, Kaposi
- Substance-Related Disorders
Other ID:
UI: 102199501
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