HIV testing among patients infected with neisseria gonorrhoeae: STD surveillance network, United States, 2009-2010

Heather Bradley, Lenore Asbel, Kyle Bernstein, Melanie Mattson, Preeti Pathela, Mukhtar Mohamed, Michael C. Samuel, Jane Schwebke, Mark Stenger, Irina Tabidze, Jonathan Zenilman, Deborah Dowell, Hillard Weinstock

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Abstract

We used data from the STD Surveillance Network to estimate HIV testing among patients being tested or treated for gonorrhea. Of 1,845 gonorrhea-infected patients identified through nationally notifiable disease data, only 51% were tested for HIV when they were tested or treated for gonorrhea. Among the 10 geographic sites in this analysis, the percentage of patients tested for HIV ranged from 22-63% for men and 20-79% for women. Nearly 33% of the un-tested patients had never been previously HIV-tested. STD clinic patients were more likely to be HIV-tested than those in other practice settings.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1205-1210
Number of pages6
JournalAIDS and behavior
Volume17
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2013

Keywords

  • HIV testing
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Infectious Diseases

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