title: Human immunodeficiency virus infection in cases presenting to the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office.
abstract: Serum samples were available from 492 of 1,058 cadavers seen at the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office between August 4 and December 15, 1989. These sera were tested for the presence of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western blot. The overall prevalence of HIV in the autopsy population was 2.24%. The following populations showed increased prevalence as compared to the total sampled population: blacks (3.60%, p less than 0.01), males (2.51%, n.s.), and homicide victims (3.74%, n.s.). Seroprevalence data from this study are compared with those from earlier studies of other related populations, with regard to overall prevalence and risk factor analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Resnick
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hellman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mirchandani
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Goodman
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D005260:Female; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015143:Philadelphia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies