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HIV Risk Factors in Dually Diagnosed Patients
Author(s) -
Krakow David Sert,
Galanter Marc,
Dermatis Helen,
Westreich Laurence M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.1998.tb00469.x
Subject(s) - medicine , seroprevalence , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , risk factor , intravenous drug , sida , family medicine , immunology , viral disease , serology , antibody
The authors examined correlates of HIV seropositivity in a sample of dually diagnosed inpatients. The subjects were 147 consecutively admitted patients to a specialized dual‐diagnosis unit in a municipal hospital who were given a structured interview and HIV testing. The HIV seroprevalence was 19%, with women having a nearly fourfold increased risk of being HIV seropositive, as compared with men. Cocaine as drug of choice was also highly significant as a risk factor for HIV infection, independent of gender. This finding suggests that targeted prevention and education programs need to be developed for the dually diagnosed patient.