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- Document 0127
- DOCN M9620127
- TI [HIV testing in Denmark in 1993: were the tests relevant?]
- DT 9602
- AU Smith E; Rix BA; Epidemiologisk afdeling, Statens Seruminstitut,
- Kobenhavn.
- SO Ugeskr Laeger. 1995 Oct 30;157(44):6125-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
- MED/96075132
- AB In order to describe HIV-testing activity among adults in Denmark, a
- cross-sectional study was designed using an anonymous questionnaire,
- which was forwarded with all HIV-test results in a given two-week period
- in 1993. Notified first-time identified HIV-positive cases were used for
- comparisons. The response rate was 50%. A total of 996 women and 834 men
- were included, among whom 68% of men and 62% of women were classified as
- having a behaviour that put them at increased risk for acquiring HIV, p
- < 0.02. Women were younger than men, p < 0.001. Around 1/3 of both men
- and women had previously been HIV-tested, a proportion that increased
- with increasing risk for HIV, p < 0.00001 for trend. HIV-tested adults
- were younger and less frequently living in the Copenhagen area than the
- first-time identified HIV-infected persons reported to the mandatory
- national HIV-surveillance system. The overall HIV prevalence was 0.3%,
- being 0.5% among men and 0.2% among women. Estimates showed that the
- yearly number of first-time identified HIV-infections among tested
- homo/bisexual men per 10(5) men were 100 times as high as among the
- heterosexual population. Also, 12% of Danish homo/bisexual men had an
- HIV test per year, a proportion that was 2.3% among adult women and 1.8%
- among adult heterosexual men without i.v. drug use. The yearly
- test-activity decreases with increasing age among both men and women. In
- conclusion, studies among the HIV-tested population along with results
- from systematic surveillance of first-time identified HIV-infections are
- useful in order to estimate the frequency and the relevancy of HIV
- testing in the entire population. Also, these results may help when
- planning national information campaigns.
- DE Adult Age Factors Comparative Study Cross-Sectional Studies
- Denmark/EPIDEMIOLOGY Disease Notification English Abstract Female
- Human HIV Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY *HIV Seropositivity Male Middle
- Age Population Surveillance Prevalence Questionnaires Risk Factors
- Sex Behavior Substance Abuse, Intravenous JOURNAL ARTICLE
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- SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
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