Update on the seroepidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus in the United States household population: NHANES III, 1988-1994

Data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) indicate that about half a million US residents are infected with the AIDS virus. Of the 11,203 people in the survey tested for HIV, 59, or 0.32%, were HIV-positive. This translates to 461,000 people nationwide. However, the survey participants were between the ages of 18 and 59 and resided in households. Thus, the survey did not include homeless people, prisoners and others at high risk of infection.