Open AccessPrevalence of Undiagnosed Acute and Chronic HIV in a Lower-Prevalence Urban Emergency Department
Author(s) -
Phillip Moschella,
Kimberly W. Hart,
Andrew H. Ruffner,
Christopher J. Lindsell,
Declan Wayne,
Matthew Sperling,
Alexander T. Trott,
Carl J. Fichtenbaum,
Michael S. Lyons
Publication year - 2014
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.2014.301953
Subject(s) - medicine , seroprevalence , emergency department , confidence interval , population , cross sectional study , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pediatrics , immunology , antibody , environmental health , serology , pathology , psychiatry
We estimated the seroprevalence of both acute and chronic HIV infection by using a random sample of emergency department (ED) patients from a region of the United States with low-to-moderate HIV prevalence.