Epidemiology (HIV)
"Unusual HIV Serotypes in a Bronx Community With High HIV Prevalence: A Sentinel Site for Monitoring HIV Genetic Diversity in North America."
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 12th, 1996
According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 11th International Conference on AIDS, held July 7-12, 1996, in Vancouver, British Columbia, "Objectives: Surveillance for HIV variants that diverge from common North American (N.A.) subtype B strains is needed to evaluate diagnostic tests, ensure blood safety, and develop HIV vaccines. To monitor the possible spread of divergent strains in North America, we studied patients in a hospital that serves a Bronx, NY community with many immigrants and high prevalences of HIV, injection drug use, and high-risk heterosexual sex. Methods: As part of a seroprevalence study, 828 patients aged 18-44 yrs who were not known to...
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