for many years , penicilline was the only drug of choice for treatment of gonorrhoeae, but the increased incidence of this disease in many parts of the world and the failure of penicilline-therapy against it has brought the theory of penicilline-resistant strains of gonococcus. on the other hand , the increased incidence of asymptomatic infection of gonorrhoeae especially in females has been co...

In this article, I examine the representation of prostitutes in the law, beginning with the Contagious Diseases Acts. These construct the female prostitute in a way that reflects Victorian sexual morality and gender expectations. I go on to explore how subsequent legal representations create complex discourses of prostitution in which the prostitute body is held as the site of the prostitute's ...

1.1 Concern about duplicates in an anonymous survey The Los Angeles Women's Health Risk Study (LAWHRS) was a survey of female street prostitutes in Los Angeles County that aimed to provide insight into the evolution of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990's (Kanouse et al. 1999). Goals of the study included estimating the size of the female street prostitute population in Los Angeles, determinin...

AIMS To compare psychiatric morbidity between 176 female drug users with lifetime involvement in prostitution (prostitutes) and 89 female drug users with no involvement (non-prostitutes) in Glasgow, Scotland. METHOD The Revised Clinical Interview Schedule (CIS-R) measured current neurotic symptoms. RESULTS Prostitutes were more likely to report adult physical (OR 1.8) or sexual abuse (OR 2....

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 ...

To determine the frequency and risk factors for female to male sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), a prospective study was carried out in 422 men who had acquired a sexually transmitted disease (STD) from a group of prostitutes with a prevalence of HIV-1 infection of 85%. The initial seroprevalence of HIV among the men was 12%. 24 of 293 (8.2%) initially seronega...

the present study aims to assess psychological characteristics (sensation seeking and it’s components, iq, self-esteem and identity status) of prostitute women in comparison with normal women. the hypotheses of this study are as follow: 1- prostitute women tire higher than normal women in sensation seeking are. 2- prostitute’s iq is lower than whom normal women. 3- prostitute women have lower s...

This study investigated the effect of implementing the act of prohibition on sex trafficking (PST) on sexually transmitted disease (STD) infections among South Korean female sex workers (FSWs) working at prostitution blocks. Research data were collected twice through the Korean government-sanctioned survey for female sex workers (1st wave = 1,083; 2nd wave = 926). We examined the associations a...