TY - JOUR
T1 - Nondonor HIV Antibody Testing in Minnesota
AU - Henry, Keith
AU - Brown, Robert J.
AU - Polesky, Herbert F.
AU - Osterholm, Michael T
PY - 1986/8/28
Y1 - 1986/8/28
N2 - To the Editor: The roles of state and local health departments' alternative test sites and nonalternative test sites (physicians' offices, clinics, and hospitals) in screening nondonors for antibody to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV, or HTLV-III/LAV) have not been evaluated. Such data are necessary to develop rational public health policies for the appropriate use and availability of HIV antibody testing. Of particular interest is the perception that screening at alternative test sites is anonymous (i.e., patients' names are requested, but services will not be denied if patients refuse to provide their names), whereas test results obtained at nonalternative test sites are….
AB - To the Editor: The roles of state and local health departments' alternative test sites and nonalternative test sites (physicians' offices, clinics, and hospitals) in screening nondonors for antibody to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV, or HTLV-III/LAV) have not been evaluated. Such data are necessary to develop rational public health policies for the appropriate use and availability of HIV antibody testing. Of particular interest is the perception that screening at alternative test sites is anonymous (i.e., patients' names are requested, but services will not be denied if patients refuse to provide their names), whereas test results obtained at nonalternative test sites are….
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198608283150911
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198608283150911
M3 - Letter
C2 - 3016542
AN - SCOPUS:0022498784
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 315
SP - 581
EP - 582
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 9
ER -
