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Changing patterns of drug abuse in a seaport: New Orleans, 1975-85.

Changing patterns of drug abuse in a seaport: New Orleans, 1975-85. C 1988 American Journal of Public Health use while traveling both within and outside of Ohio. Each sample was tested for HIV antibody using an enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (EIA) at one of Ohio's five contract laboratories for HIV antibody testing using the Litton or Abbott test. Positives were confirmed by Western blot (except for one specimen which was repeatedly EIA positive for which inadequate serum was available). Of clients attending the nine MTPs between April and November 1986, blood samples were obtained from 509 with IV drug use histories. Of these 509 individuals, seven (1.4 per cent) were seropositive for HIV. The sexual orientation of the group was primarily heterosexual, with eight males (1.6 per cent) giving a history of homosexual. Blacks and Hispanics were noted to have a greater prevalence of HIV seropositivity (OR 3.1, 95% CI = 0.5, 55.1, and OR 17.7, 95% CI = 2.4, 133.0, respectively), as were males who gave a history of gay or bisexual lifestyles (OR 14.1, 95% CI = 1.3, 153.0). Of the seven HIV positive cases, three gave histories of having shared a needle in New York City since 1981, compared to 32 of 502 seronegative males. Controlling for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

Changing patterns of drug abuse in a seaport: New Orleans, 1975-85.

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C 1988 American Journal of Public Health use while traveling both within and outside of Ohio. Each sample was tested for HIV antibody using an enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (EIA) at one of Ohio's five contract laboratories for HIV antibody testing using the Litton or Abbott test. Positives were confirmed by Western blot (except for one specimen which was repeatedly EIA positive for which inadequate serum was available). Of clients attending the nine MTPs between April and November 1986, blood samples were obtained from 509 with IV drug use histories. Of these 509 individuals, seven (1.4 per cent) were seropositive for HIV. The sexual orientation of the group was primarily heterosexual, with eight males (1.6 per cent) giving a history of homosexual. Blacks and Hispanics were noted to have a greater prevalence of HIV seropositivity (OR 3.1, 95% CI = 0.5, 55.1, and OR 17.7, 95% CI = 2.4, 133.0, respectively), as were males who gave a history of gay or bisexual lifestyles (OR 14.1, 95% CI = 1.3, 153.0). Of the seven HIV positive cases, three gave histories of having shared a needle in New York City since 1981, compared to 32 of 502 seronegative males. Controlling for

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American Journal of Public Health – American Public Health Association

Published: Jun 1, 1988

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