Spence M R, Robbins S M, Polansky M, Schable C A
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
Sex Transm Dis. 1991 Jul-Sep;18(3):143-5. doi: 10.1097/00007435-199107000-00003.
Blind testing of 743 women who attended an inner-city hospital family-planning clinic showed 8 (1.1%) patients to have serum antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1). A retrospective chart survey did not show an association between HIV-1 antibody seropositivity and ethnicity, marital status, education, history of sexually transmitted diseases, drug and/or alcohol use, and contraceptive method. This failure to establish previously reported correlation may be a function of methods, sample size, or reflect a different population. Nonetheless, the seroprevalence the authors found shows that all patients in a family-planning clinic setting should be offered HIV-1 antibody testing.
