Street Interviews Indicate High Rate of HIV Testing

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Street Interviews Indicate High Rate of HIV Testing

United Press International (10/15/93)

Atlanta--Anonymous street interviews indicate that groups at high risk for contracting the AIDS virus may actually be getting HIV testing in larger numbers than the figures cited in national surveys. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention questioned people in areas of Los Angeles with a high incidence of drug abuse and prostitution. Seventy-one percent of the intravenous drug users, female partners of IV drug users, and female prostitutes who participated said they had been tested for HIV infection, according to the CDC. Findings from the agency's 1989 National Health Interview Survey concluded that only 41.5 percent of Americans at increased risk of AIDS were tested for the virus and that testing rates were lower among minorities and those with less than secondary education.

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