| seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus among adolescent attendees of mississippi sexually transmitted disease clinics: a rural epidemic. | human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection among adolescents is causing increasing concern, and teenagers attending sexually transmitted disease (std) clinics run a high risk of contracting it. to determine the status of hiv infection in a mississippi adolescent population, we evaluated seroprevalence rates for adolescents attending mississippi state department of health std clinics from 1988 to 1990. during this 2-year period, 9855 adolescents (aged 13 to 20 years) attended std clinics, and h ... | 1992 | 1585196 |
| hiv risk behaviors and testing history in historically black college and university settings. | from 2001 through 2005, african americans accounted for the largest percentage of new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) in all age categories, especially among people aged 13 to 24 years. although students attending historically black colleges and universities (hbcus) report many of the behaviors that promote hiv transmission, their risk behaviors and hiv testing practices have not been well-characterized. we compared the demographic and behav ... | 2008 | 19166095 |