Publications

cohort study of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) antibody testing among patients receiving long-term dialysis at a university hospital.	in a longitudinal study to determine the seroprevalence of antibody to the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and the natural history of a positive enzyme immunoassay (eia) result we followed a cohort of 98 patients receiving long-term dialysis. eight patients (8.2%) in the cohort had a positive eia and a negative western blot test result. the eia-positive results of all patients seroconverted to negative during follow-up. no illness suggestive of hiv infection developed in any of the patients. ...	1988	3061313
secondary syringe exchange among injection drug users.	syringe-exchange programs (seps) have proven to prevent the spread of bloodborne pathogens, primarily human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), among injection drug users (idus). in the united states, only about 7% of idus have access to and use seps. some idus engage in secondary syringe exchange (sse), meaning that one idu (a "provider") obtains syringes at an sep to distribute to other idus ("recipients"). this formative qualitative research was conducted to understand why and how idus engage in ss ...	2003	12791808