Open AccessHIV-1 counseling and testing sites, Minnesota: analysis of trends in client characteristics.
Author(s) -
Richard Danila,
James M. Shultz,
M. T. Osterholm,
Keith Henry,
Margaret Simpson,
Kristine L. MacDonald
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.80.4.419
Subject(s) - seroprevalence , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , demography , homosexuality , sida , intravenous drug , gerontology , viral disease , family medicine , antibody , immunology , psychology , serology , sociology , psychoanalysis
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.