Publications
| followup study of possible hiv seropositivity among abusers of parenteral drugs in 1971-72. | serum specimens obtained from a nationwide sample of parenteral drug abusers (pdas) during the period 1971-72 had previously been screened for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) antibodies. some specimens were considered to be positive to both elisa and western blot (wb) analysis. these findings have been a topic of controversy, since hiv was not thought to have penetrated at-risk populations at such an early date. this study was a followup of those pdas with apparent seropositivity to wb analys ... | 1991 | 1908596 |
| lack of hiv seropositivity among a group of rural probationers: explanatory factors. | human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) in rural america has been described as an epidemic, and the hiv prevalence rate among criminal justice populations is higher than the general population. thus, criminally involved populations in southern rural areas are at elevated risk for contracting hiv because of drug and sexual practices; however, little is known about hiv/aids in the fastest growing criminal justice population-probationers. | 2006 | 16824175 |