2004
Personal Risk Perception, HIV Knowledge and Risk Avoidance Behavior, and Their Relationships to Actual HIV Serostatus in an Urban African Obstetric Population
Stringer EM, Sinkala M, Kumwenda R, Chapman V, Mwale A, Vermund SH, Goldenberg RL, Stringer JS. Personal Risk Perception, HIV Knowledge and Risk Avoidance Behavior, and Their Relationships to Actual HIV Serostatus in an Urban African Obstetric Population. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2004, 35: 60-66. PMID: 14707794, PMCID: PMC2745978, DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200401010-00009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV infectionPregnant womenPersonal risk perceptionSexual partnersEffective HIV prevention strategiesActual HIV statusUnselected pregnant womenLarge clinical trialsHigh HIV seroprevalenceHIV prevention strategiesKnowledge of HIVGreatest risk factorPopulation-based strategiesLifetime sexual partnersObstetric populationHIV seroprevalenceHIV serostatusHIV statusPostpartum womenHIV knowledgeRisk factorsClinical trialsLower riskHIVPrevention strategies
1990
HIV Antibody in Persons Screened for Syphilis
Schoenbaum EE, Webber MP, Vermund S, Gayle H. HIV Antibody in Persons Screened for Syphilis. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 1990, 17: 190-193. PMID: 2264007, DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199010000-00008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReactive syphilis serologyOut-patient clinicHIV antibodiesHIV seroprevalenceSyphilis serologyEmergency roomSyphilis serologic testingHigh HIV seroprevalenceAIDS prevention strategiesHIV infectionSerologic testingPediatric clinicSeroprevalence surveyMunicipal HospitalPrevention strategiesActive individualsClinicSerumSerologySeroprevalenceMenAntibodiesWomenNew York CityHIV