Testing for HIV-1 infection in a public developmental center.
The discovery of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) infection in an individual who recently moved from a developmental center prompted the center to offer HIV testing to current and former residents. The guardians of 199 (93 percent) of the Center's current residents consented to testing. The remaining 14 current residents (seven percent) were not tested because informed consent for testing was not received. Consent for testing of 41 former residents was also obtained. All people who underwent testing were seronegative. Whether former residents who were not included in the present analysis received testing from other sources is not known.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA.
CaraLee R
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Blair
Chandler E
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Gill
Henry M
HM
Taylor
Catherine C
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McGowan
P David
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Charles
D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015497:HIV-1; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D018580:Mandatory Testing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D055815:Young Adult