Human immunodeficiency virus infection in cases presenting to the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office. |
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| Authors: | D Resnick F Hellman H Mirchandani D B Goodman |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia. |
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| Abstract: | Serum samples were available from 492 of 1,058 cadavers seen at the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office between August 4 and December 15, 1989. These sera were tested for the presence of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western blot. The overall prevalence of HIV in the autopsy population was 2.24%. The following populations showed increased prevalence as compared to the total sampled population: blacks (3.60%, p less than 0.01), males (2.51%, n.s.), and homicide victims (3.74%, n.s.). Seroprevalence data from this study are compared with those from earlier studies of other related populations, with regard to overall prevalence and risk factor analysis. |
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