Antiretroviral Therapy among HIV-1 Infected Female Sex Workers in Benin A Comparative Study with Patients from the General Population英文文献资料.docVIP

World Journal of AIDS, 2011, 1, 94-99 doi:10.4236/wja.2011.13014 Published Online September 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/wja) Antiretroviral Therapy among HIV-1 Infected Female Sex Workers in Benin: A Comparative Study with Patients from the General Population Souleymane Diabaté , Djimon Marcel Zannou , Nassirou Geraldo , Annie Chamberland , 1,2 3 4 1 3 5 3 Jocelyn Akakpo , Carin Ahouada , Marguerite Massinga Loembé , Sévérin Anagonou , 3 6 2 1 Annie Claude Labbé , Michel Alary , Cecile Tremblay 1 Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada; URESP, Centre de recherche FRSQ du 2 CHA universitaire de Québec, Québec, Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Cotonou, Cotonou, Bénin; 4 IST, Centre de Santé de Cotonou I, Cotonou, Bénin; Institut de Médecine Tropicale d’Anvers, Anvers, Belgique; Université de 3 Dispensaire 6 5 Montréal, H?pital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Canada. Email: dsouleym@ Received June 7 , 2011; revised June 24 , 2011; accepted July 4 , 2011. th th th ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study conducted in Benin was to compare HIV-1 infected female sex workers (FSW) and pa- tients from the general population (GP) to see whether there was a difference in adherence level, mortality rate and immuno-virologic response to antiretroviral therapy (ART). Methods: Fifty-tree FSW and 318 patients from the GP were recruited and followed for at least one ye