title: Newly identified HIV infections in correctional facilities, United States, 2007.
abstract: We used Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HIV Counseling and Testing System data from 2007 to determine the percentage and characteristics of persons newly identified as HIV-positive in US correctional facilities. The newly identified HIV positivity was 0.7%, and 30% of detainees newly identified with HIV were categorized as having low-risk heterosexual contact or no acknowledged risk. Correctional facilities should provide detainees with routine opt-out HIV testing, unless the prevalence of previously undiagnosed HIV infection has been documented to be less than 0.1%.
authors.affiliation: Program Evaluation Branch, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. ioq4@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: VanHandel
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Beltrami
authors.forename: Robin J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: MacGowan
authors.forename: Craig B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Borkowf
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Margolis
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011329:Prisoners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011330:Prisons / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015980:Public Health Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult