HIV Seroconversion Among the Homeless and Marginally Housed in San Francisco
| Autor: | William McFarland, Judith A. Hahn, David R. Bangsberg, Richard A.F. Clark, Edwin D. Charlebois, Andrew R. Moss |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Male
medicine.medical_specialty Men who have sex with men Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Risk Factors HIV Seropositivity Epidemiology medicine Humans Seroprevalence Pharmacology (medical) Seroconversion Sida biology business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) AIDS Serodiagnosis medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Cross-Sectional Studies Infectious Diseases Ill-Housed Persons Immunology Housing Female San Francisco Viral disease business Demography |
| Zdroj: | JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 37:1616-1619 |
| ISSN: | 1525-4135 |
| Popis: | Summary: HIV seroprevalence was previously found to be 9-11% among the urban homeless in San Francisco, with most infections among injection dsrug users, men who have sex with men, and those who exchange sex for money or drugs. In this study, HIV incidence and risk factors for seroconversion were estimated among persons who repeatedly participated in cross-sectional serosurveys over a period of 10 years. There were 6 seroconversions among 799 HIV-negative persons, for an incidence rate of 0.30% per person-year (95% CI: 0.12-0.61% per person-year). The seroconversion rate among men who had had recent sex with men was 1.22% per person-year (95% CI: 0.29-3.18) and was 0.52% per person-year (95% CI: 0.19-1.13% per person-year) among those who ever injected drugs. The seroconversion rate among those who were aged |
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