HIV-1 antibody reactivity in inner-city alcoholics.
HIV-1 antibody reactivity in inner-city alcoholics.
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市中心酗酒者的 HIV-1 抗体反应性。
DOI：
10.1001/jama.1989.03430190060017
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发表时间：
1989
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通讯作者：
S. Miller
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作者：
S. Schleifer;S. Keller;J. M. Lombardo;J. Franklin;Stephanie LaFarge;S. Miller
To the Editor.— Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in substance abusers is a major public health concern, with intravenous (IV) drug users in urban centers such as New York, NY, 1 and Newark, NJ, 2,3 having an estimated prevalence of HIV seropositivity of 50% to 60%. Alcohol abusers, especially in inner-city areas, represent a large secondary at-risk population owing to geographic and social proximity to the primary high-risk groups, compounded by their being less likely than nonabusers to use safe-sex practices. The prevalence of antibody to HIV type 1 in alcoholics who deny the use of other substances has not, to our knowledge, been described. We conducted an anonymous screening for HIV type 1 antibody on discarded samples from routine blood analyses of 99 patients in an inner-city alcohol treatment center. Sixty-eight percent of samples were from patients reporting alcohol use exclusively and 27% were from those with an additional
DOI：
10.1001/jama.1989.03420070058030
发表时间：
1989-02
期刊：
JAMA
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作者：
D. C. Jarlais;S. R. Friedman;D. Novick;J. L. Sotheran;Pauline A. Thomas;S. Yancovitz;D. Mildvan;J. M. Weber;M. Kreek;R. Maslansky;Sarah Bartelme;T. Spira;M. Marmor
通讯作者：
D. C. Jarlais;S. R. Friedman;D. Novick;J. L. Sotheran;Pauline A. Thomas;S. Yancovitz;D. Mildvan;J. M. Weber;M. Kreek;R. Maslansky;Sarah Bartelme;T. Spira;M. Marmor