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Newly Identified HIV Infections in Correctional Facilities, United States, 2007.
- Source :
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American Journal of Public Health . May2012 Supplement 2, Vol. 102 Issue S2, pS201-S204. 4p. 2 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- We used Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HIV Counseling and Testing System data from 2007 to determine the percentage and characteristics of persons newly identified as HIV positive in US correctional facilities. The newly identified HIV positivity was 0.7%, and 30% of detainees newly identified with HIV were categorized as having low-risk heterosexual contact or no acknowledged risk. Correctional facilities should provide detainees with routine opt-out HIV testing, unless the prevalence of previously undiagnosed HIV infection has been documented to be less than 0.1%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SERODIAGNOSIS
*DIAGNOSIS of HIV infections
*BLACK people
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*CORRECTIONAL institutions
*EPIDEMIOLOGY
*GAY people
*HIV-positive persons
*IDENTIFICATION
*PATIENTS
*POPULATION geography
*RESEARCH
*SEX distribution
*DATA analysis
*INTRAVENOUS drug abusers
*SEROPREVALENCE
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00900036
- Volume :
- 102
- Issue :
- S2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 74553795
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2011.300614