title: Evaluation of HIV testing in Sweden, 1985-1991.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Evaluation of the extent and outcome of HIV testing in Sweden.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from screening programmes, laboratory and clinical reports were compared and a national survey on HIV testing was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The proportion found to be positive in screening of blood donors, pregnant women and sexually transmitted disease patients were approximately 1/100,000, 1/10,000 and 1-2/1000, respectively. One-quarter of the men and one-third of the women in Sweden aged 16-74 years reported that they had been tested for HIV at least once.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a high cost involved in detecting HIV-infected individuals through general testing. This cost can be justified if we believe that awareness of an infection substantially reduces the risk of further transmission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, National Bacteriological Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blaxhult
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anagrius
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arneborn
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lidman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lindgren
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Böttiger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001782:Blood Donors; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology