Óskir um mótefnamælingu gegn alnæmisveiru : áhættuþættir smits og algengi mótefna gegn alnæmisveiru, lifrarbólguveiru B og C

• Main Authors: Gísli J. Snorrason, Sigurður Þór Sigurðarson, Sigurður Guðmundsson, Haraldur Briem
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Læknafélag Íslands, Læknafélag Reykjavíkur 2009
• Subjects: Alnæmi; HIV Infections; Risk Factors; AIDS Serodiagnosis; Hepatitis Antibodies; Homosexuality; Hepatitis B Antibodies; Hepatitis C Antibodies; Iceland/epidemiology; Smella; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2336/83213

Neðst á síðunni er hægt að nálgast greinina í heild sinni með því að smella á hlekkinn View/Open Subjects attending a semi-anonymous HIV testing site at Borgarspitalinn, Reykjavik, during a five year period (1987-1992) were asked to complete a questionnaire on several factors associated with increased risk of HIV infection and the reason for their request of being tested. Serum samples from the subjects were tested for antibodies against HIV, HBV and HCV. During the study period 475 sets of tests were performed on a total of 400 individuals. Three hundred thirty six individuals returned 401 questionnaires. Sexual contact with prostitutes was reported by 30 males (40 instances) and one female; and 40 males (in 47 instances) and 18 females indicated promiscuous sexual behaviour. Homosexuality was reported by 15 males and one female. Seven individuals requested testing due to previous blood transfusion, and 5 reported i.v. drug abuse. A request from a third party (significant other, insurance company, etc.) was stated by 32 subjects. Two of the 400 subjects tested were HIV-positive (0.5%), and 9(2.3%) and 11 (2.8%) were found to have markers for HBV and HCV infection, respectively. A significant correlation was observed between HIV infection and homosexuality (P<0.05) and between HCV infection and i.v. drug abuse (P<0.0001). Overall a total of 136 subjects (41%) in the study reported behaviour associated with increased risk of HIV infection. This information supports the continued role of a semi-anonymous HIV testing site among the services offered by the health care system during the AIDS epidemic. Rannsóknadeild Borgarspítalans hefur boðið almenningi að fá mótefnamælingu gegn alnæmisveiru án milligöngu læknis frá því í mars 1987. Frá nóvember 1987 hefur mönnum verið gefinn kostur á að svara spurningum um áhættuþætti sem tengjast smiti af völdum veirunnar. Kannað var algengi smits af völdum alnæmisveiru í þessum hópi og einnig algengi mótefna gegn kjarna lifrarbólguveiru B og mótefna gegn ...