HIV-1 counseling and testing sites, Minnesota: analysis of trends in client characteristics
| Autor: | Shultz Jm, Richard Danila, Kristine L. MacDonald, Margaret Simpson, Michael T. Osterholm, Keith Henry |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Counseling Male Gerontology Adolescent Minnesota Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) medicine.disease_cause Male homosexual Sex Factors HIV Seroprevalence Ethnicity medicine Humans Seroprevalence Child Substance Abuse Intravenous Demography Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Male clients Intravenous drug business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health AIDS Serodiagnosis Homosexuality Middle Aged Female business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Public Health. 80:419-422 |
| ISSN: | 1541-0048 0090-0036 |
| DOI: | 10.2105/ajph.80.4.419 |
| Popis: | We report here a summary of the data obtained from two HIV-1 antibody counseling and testing sites in Minneapolis-St. Paul for the first 48 months of operation (24,911 persons tested). The HIV-1 antibody seroprevalence rate for all persons tested was 5 percent. The highest seroprevalence rates were in male homosexual/bisexual intravenous drug users (23 percent) and homosexual/bisexual men (13 percent). There was a significant decrease in the HIV-1 antibody seroprevalence rate among clients during the 48-month period from 14 percent in the first six months to 3 percent in the last six months. This decrease coincided with an increase in the number of low-risk female clients and low-risk heterosexual male clients, and a decrease in the number of homosexual/bisexual males participating in the programs. These findings suggest the need for development and implementation of other strategies to identify and reach persons at highest risk for HIV-1 infection. |
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