Open AccessAre HIV-infected injection drug users taking HIV tests?
Author(s) -
John E. Reardon,
Nancy A. Warren,
Rusty Keilch,
D Jenssen,
Fred Wise,
Wendy Brunner
Publication year - 1993
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.83.10.1414
Subject(s) - confidentiality , medicine , seroprevalence , drug injection , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , drug , test (biology) , family medicine , sida , immunology , viral disease , pharmacology , antibody , serology , biology , computer security , paleontology , computer science
Knowledge of infection is essential for human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) treatment initiation and epidemic control. This study evaluates infection knowledge among infected injection drug users and acceptance of confidential testing among injection drug users, particularly those infected with HIV-1.