HIV testing among patients infected with Neisseria gonorrhoeae: STD Surveillance Network, United States, 2009-2010

AIDS Behav. 2013 Mar;17(3):1205-10. doi: 10.1007/s10461-012-0304-0.

Abstract

We used data from the STD Surveillance Network to estimate HIV testing among patients being tested or treated for gonorrhea. Of 1,845 gonorrhea-infected patients identified through nationally notifiable disease data, only 51% were tested for HIV when they were tested or treated for gonorrhea. Among the 10 geographic sites in this analysis, the percentage of patients tested for HIV ranged from 22-63% for men and 20-79% for women. Nearly 33% of the un-tested patients had never been previously HIV-tested. STD clinic patients were more likely to be HIV-tested than those in other practice settings.

MeSH terms

  • AIDS Serodiagnosis / statistics & numerical data*
  • Disease Notification / methods
  • Disease Notification / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Gonorrhea / complications
  • Gonorrhea / epidemiology*
  • HIV Infections / diagnosis*
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Screening
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae*
  • Population Surveillance / methods*
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / epidemiology
  • United States / epidemiology