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Comparison of HIV-Antibody Prevalence in Patients Consenting to and Declining HIV-Antibody Testing in an STD Clinic pp.250-251
Published Date 1991/3/1
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1543900555
  • Abstract

All patients attending a sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic were offered voluntary, anonymous human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-antibody testing and counseling as part of routine clinical evaluation. During a three-month evaluation period, 82% of patients accepted HIV testing. Testing was accepted equally by men and women and by heterosexual and homosexual men. Black men were more likely to refuse testing than men from other ethnic groups. Eight (0.7%) of 1146 STD clinic patients tested were infected with HIV. A blinded study of 237 patients who refused testing identified nine (3.8%) additional HIV-infected patients. Men who refused testing were 5.3times more likely to be infected than men who accepted testing. Malehomosexuals and black and Hispanic men who refused testing were7.3 and 8.8 times, respectively, more likely to be infected with HIV thanwere their counterparts who accepted testing. Human immuno-deficiency virus testing and counseling should be routinely offered toSTD clinic patients. Male STD clinic patients, especially homosexualor minority men, who refuse voluntary HIV testing should be counseled regarding reducing their risk for HIV transmission.


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