Decline in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Seropositivity and Seroconversion in U.S.Navy Enlisted Personnel: 1986 to 1989

摘要

The U.S. Navy administered 1,795,578 enzyme-lined immunosorbent assay (ELISA)tests to 848, 632 active duty Navy enlisted personnel during 1986 to 1989. This study identified 2,438 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive active duty enlisted Navy personnel, including 778 seroconverters. Three types of quarterly rates of HIV seropositivity and seroconversion were determined. All three rates declined. This decline could not be explained by changes in the population tested according to age, race, sex, occupation, or geographic location of home port.... Human Immunodeficiency virus seroprevalence, Epidemiology.