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Anticoncepção/métodos , Dispositivos Intrauterinos/estatística & dados numéricos , Período Pós-Parto , Anticoncepção/efeitos adversos , Feminino , Humanos , Dispositivos Intrauterinos/efeitos adversos , Bem-Estar Materno/estatística & dados numéricos , Reino Unido/epidemiologia , Estados Unidos/epidemiologiaRESUMO
We surveyed the HIV-positive population attending a major teaching hospital sited outwith a major conurbation. Eighty-five percent of homosexually acquired infections were contracted within the UK and 91% of heterosexually acquired infections were contracted outside of the UK. A strikingly wide range of nationalities (45) and countries of origin of infection were represented within a relatively small patient population. Most patients were non-UK-born immigrants. A high proportion of illegal immigrants were identified within which there was a high proportion lost to follow-up. This degree of ethnic diversity and domiciliary instability is rarely a feature of non-HIV populations in this setting and imposes additional demands on delivery of care and health-care planning.