title: HIV seroprevalence among male prison inmates in the Wisconsin Correctional System.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate HIV seroprevalence and the acceptance of voluntary HIV testing among male inmates entering the Wisconsin Correctional System during July 1, 1994-June 30, 1995, and compare these estimates with similar data obtained in 1987-1988.
  
  
  METHODS
  A blinded HIV seroprevalence survey concurrent with a review of voluntary HIV antibody testing records.
  
  
  RESULTS
  HIV test results were obtained for 3,681 (89%) male prison entrants during the study period; 26 (0.7%) were HIV-1 seropositive. Based on this estimate and the total number of male prison entrants (4,134), an estimated 29 HIV-1 seropositive male inmates entered the Wisconsin Correctional System during the study period. Eighty-four percent of all inmates were tested voluntarily. Among inmates testing HIV-1 seropositive, 69% were tested voluntarily.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data suggest that HIV-1 seroprevalence among male prison inmates in Wisconsin is low, and is unchanged from the late 1980s; however, a large increase in the prison population has resulted in a substantial increase in the absolute number of HIV-1 seropositive inmates entering the correctional system. Although overall acceptance of voluntary HIV testing is high, nearly one third of HIV-1 seropositive inmates declined voluntary HIV testing.
authors.affiliation: Wisconsin Division of Health, Madison, USA.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Hoxie
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prieve
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Haase
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pfister
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vergeront
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D000328:Adult; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011329:Prisoners; D014922:Wisconsin