HIV infection among women in prison

The relative contributions of needle use practices and sexual behaviors to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody seropositivity among 394 women incarcerated in Quebec were determined by risk factor assessment and serology with a nonnominal methodology. HIV positivity was found in 6.9% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 4.6, 9.9) of all participants and in 13% (95% CI = 8.6, 18.6) of women with a history of injection drug use. HIV seropositivity among women with a history of injection drug use was predicted by sexual or needle contact with a seropositive person, self-reported genital herpes, and having had a regular sexual partner who injected drugs, but it was not predicted by prostitution. Nonnominal testing is an ethical alternative to mandatory and anonymous unlinked testing among correctional populations

Antibody · Confidence interval · Drug injection · Family medicine · Gonorrhea · Homosexuality · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Injection drug use · Intravenous drug · Prison · Psychiatry · Risk factor · Serology · Sex organ · Sexual behavior · Sexual partner · Viral disease · Clinical Psychology · Demography · HIV Research and Treatment · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Immunology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Psychology

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