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Unrecognized HIV-1 Infection in Inner-City Hospital Emergency Department Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Tippavan Nagachinta ,
Claudia R. Gold ,
Fenny Cheng ,
Peter N.R. Heseltine  and
Peter R. Kerndt
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Abstract

To determine the prevalence of unrecognized human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infections in patients presenting to an inner-city hospital emergency department, medical records were reviewed from 1,945 patients diagnosed with diseases not related to HIV or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The overall seroprevalence was 2.1% (40):1.8% (11) in nontrauma versus 3.0% (29) in trauma patients. The highest prevalence was found in black, male, uninsured patients.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , March 1996 , pp. 174 - 177
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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