       Document 0511
 DOCN  M9440511
 TI    The unlinked anonymous HIV prevalence monitoring programme in England
       and Wales: preliminary results.
 DT    9404
 SO    CDR (Lond Engl Rev). 1991 Jun 21;1(7):R69-76. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94138456
 AB    Results are presented from unlinked anonymous HIV-1 testing of specimens
       collected during 1990 from 8996 genito-urinary medicine clinic
       attenders, 1421 injecting drug users, and 69,091 pregnant women.
       One-fifth of homo/bisexual men attending London genito-urinary medicine
       clinics were infected with HIV-1. The figure was 4% outside London. The
       prevalence of HIV-1 infection among male heterosexual attenders at
       genito-urinary medicine clinics who were not known to have injected
       drugs, was 1% in London and 0.2% outside London. Women attending
       genito-urinary medicine clinics in London, who were not known to have
       injected drugs had a prevalence of HIV-1 infection of 0.2% (1 in 440).
       None of 2045 women attending genito-urinary medicine clinics outside the
       Thames regions was found to be infected with HIV-1 although one woman
       was infected with HIV-2. The prevalence rate for HIV-1 infection in
       injecting drug users was 1.1%. Of those who began injecting between 1986
       and 1990, however, 22% had evidence of hepatitis B infection. The
       prevalence of HIV-1 infection among pregnant women receiving antenatal
       care was 0.19% (1 in 515) in inner London, 0.07% (1 in 1440) in the rest
       of the Thames regions and 1 in 16,000 in another region of the country.
       Two pregnant women, one in inner London and one elsewhere in the Thames
       regions, were infected with HIV-2. The data suggest that, so far, the
       epidemic has concentrated among homo/bisexual males, injecting drug
       users and persons attending genito-urinary medicine clinics, especially
       in the London area. There are indications that the prevalence of HIV-1
       infection is increasing among heterosexuals in inner London.
 DE    Adult  *AIDS Serodiagnosis  Bisexuality/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA
       England/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Female  Homosexuality/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA
       Human  HIV Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  HIV
       Seroprevalence/*TRENDS  *HIV-1  *HIV-2  Infant, Newborn
       London/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male  *Population Surveillance  Pregnancy  Risk
       Factors  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  Wales/EPIDEMIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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