Seroprevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type I (HIV-1) Antibodies in a Family-Planning Population
- 1 July 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Vol. 18 (3) , 143-145
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007435-199107000-00003
Abstract
Blind testing of 743 women who attended an inner-city hospital family-planning clinic showed 8 (1.1%) patients to have serum antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1). A retrospective chart survey did not show an association between HIV-1 antibody seropositivity and ethnicity, marital status, education, history of sexually transmitted diseases, drug and/or alcohol use, and contraceptive method. This failure to establish previously reported correlation may be a function of methods, sample size, or reflect a different population. Nonetheless, the seroprevalence the authors found shows that all patients in a family-planning clinic setting should be offered HIV-1 antibody testing.Keywords
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