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9747768

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-9-29
pubmed:abstractText
Two indirect methods were used to estimate the point prevalence of HIV infection in England and Wales at the end of 1993 using data on diagnosed HIV infections, AIDS cases, HIV-related deaths and HIV testing behaviour from unlinked anonymous surveys. The methods estimated the proportion of all prevalent HIV infections that diagnosed infections represented. Most of those exposed to HIV infection through injecting drug use or sexual intercourse between men had had their infections diagnosed compared to less than half of those exposed through heterosexual intercourse. The total estimated number of prevalent infections was 22,350 for the diagnosis interval method and 20,540 for the test history method, and about 56-57% of these were in homo/bisexual men. These indirect methods are cheap and simple applications of surveillance data which provide estimates that compare favourably with those produced by more complex methods.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0950-2688
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
121
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
165-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-3-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Indirect methods for estimating prevalent HIV infections: adults in England and Wales at the end of 1993.
pubmed:affiliation
PHLS AIDS Centre, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article