title: [Analysis of antibodies against human immunodeficiency virus on a voluntary basis in healthy persons in Amsterdam 1988 and 1989].
abstract: At the Municipal Health Service of Amsterdam it is possible to be tested for HIV antibodies after signing an informed consent. In 1988, 1247 persons were tested (797 men, 450 women) and in 1989, 1400 persons (869 men, 531 women). Fifty-eight persons were identified as HIV-seropositive for the first time (1988: 24 men, 3 women; 1989: 28 men, 3 women). All but one woman belonged to a risk group or had had sexual contact with a person from a known risk group. In 1989 no increase in the percentage of HIV-seropositive persons was seen. In our (selected) group of persons in 1988 and 1989 we saw no transmission of HIV outside the known risk groups.
authors.affiliation: GG en GD, sector Volksgezondheid en Milieu, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Bindels
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Volp
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: van Doornum
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Coutinho
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007258:Informed Consent; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Onderzoek op antistoffen tegen humaan immunodeficiëntievirus op vrijwillige basis bij gezonde personen te Amsterdam in 1988 en 1989.