title: [HIV testing and risk-prone behavior among drug abusers in Oslo].
abstract: Akuttinstitusjonen (a detoxification clinic) and Uteseksjonen (a municipal outreach program) are two important institutions for drug abusers in the centre of Oslo. Both institutions offer voluntary HIV-antibody testing. 328 HIV-tests were performed on 214 different persons during a three-year period ending 31 December 1989 and only one new HIV-positive drug abuser was found. 157 different persons answered a questionnaire in 1989 at the time the HIV-antibody test was performed. They report considerable risk-prone behaviour, related both to injection procedures and sexual practice. 19 persons had had sex with a known HIV-positive person and 11 persons had borrowed a syringe/needle from a known HIV-positive person during a period of approximately one year before the actual test situation.
authors.affiliation: Akuttinstitusjonen, Oslo.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Welle-Strand
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009664:Norway; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*
vernacular_title: HIV-testing og risikoatferd hos stoffmisbrukere i Oslo.