Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1992
Publication Title
Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association
Publisher Location
Reston, VA
Volume
47
First page number:
92
Last page number:
93
Abstract
An estimated 100,000 women are currently infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the United States, and a great majority of them are unaware of their condition. Approximately 20,000 HIV-infected women were identified through publicly funded HIV screening programs in 1989 and 1990, and an unknown number through private screening. Because most HIV-infected women are believed to be in the lower socioeconomic strata, it is unlikely that a significant number were identified in the private sector. Therefore, up to 80% of HIV-positive women may not know they are infected.
Keywords
HIV infections – Diagnosis; HIV-positive women
Disciplines
Immune System Diseases | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Virus Diseases | Women's Health
Language
English
Permissions
Copyright American Medical Women’s Association used with permission
Repository Citation
Guinan, M.
(1992).
Finding HIV-infected Women - The Clinician's Role.
Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association, 47
92-93.
Reston, VA:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/community_health_sciences_fac_articles/71
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