AEGiS-06IAC: Prevalence of HIV antibody among a group of paraphilic sex offenders.

6th International AIDS Conference


San Francisco, California, USA — June 20-23, 1990

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Prevalence of HIV antibody among a group of paraphilic sex offenders.

Int Conf AIDS 1990 Jun 20-23; 6:348 (abstract no. Th.D.889)
DiGiovanni C, Berlin F, Casterella P, Redfield R, Hiken M, Falck A; National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

OBJECTIVE: To determine prevalence of HIV antibody among a group of paraphilic sex offenders in treatment at a major sexual disorders clinic.

METHODS: Blood specimens are being collected under anonymous conditions from paraphilic sex offenders enrolled in treatment at the Sexual Disorders Clinic of The Johns Hopkins Hospital and analyzed by recombinant ELISA for HIV antibody. Samples are from only persons whose offenses involve sexual contact (homosexual, bisexual, heterosexual pedophiles and rapists); excluded are voyeurs, obscene phone callers, exhibitionists, etc.

RESULTS: Of 49 samples analyzed thus far, all were seronegative for HIV antibody; this is an on-going study, and additional data will be available by June 1990. All 49 subjects tested to date were adult males (mean: 39 yrs); 37 had been incarcerated, and 44 entered treatment after court intervention. Forty-one were pedophiles (23 heterosexual, 11 homosexual, 7 bisexual); 37 pedophiles had consenting adult sexual contact, not necessarily of the same sex as the children with whom they had contact.

CONCLUSIONS: Initial data from this seroepidemiologic survey suggest that HIV seropositivity is not prevalent among adult paraphilic pedophiles and rapists in treatment at The Johns Hopkins Sexual Disorders Clinic. In addition to their paraphilia, these offenders engaged in a variety of non-paraphilic sexual behaviors with consenting adults.

Keywords: AEGIS, HIV Antibodies, Prevalence, Coitus, Sex, Bisexuality, Homosexuality, Sex Behavior, Paraphilias, HIV Seropositivity, Sex Offenses, Penile Erection, Human, Male, Adult, Child, epidemiology, ICA6KWDaegis,hivantibodies,prevalence,coitus,sex,bisexuality,homosexuality,sexbehavior,paraphilias,hivseropositivity,sexoffenses,penileerection,human,male,adult,child,epidemiology,ica6

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