Open AccessNewly Identified HIV Infections in Correctional Facilities, United States, 2007
Author(s) -
Michelle VanHandel,
John Beltrami,
Robin J. MacGowan,
Craig B. Borkowf,
Andrew D. Margolis
Publication year - 2012
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.2011.300614
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , disease control , environmental health , family medicine
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%.