Anonymous versus confidential diagnostic testing for HIV infection

Dynamic Anonymous Index for Confidential Data

In this paper we introduce a k-anonymous vector space model, which can be used as an index of a set of confidential documents. This model allows to index, for example, encrypted data. New documents can be added or removed while maintaining the k-anonymity property of the vector space. URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54568-9_23 [10] Source URL: https://www.iiia.csic.es/en/node/54461 Link...

Anonymous or confidential HIV counseling and voluntary testing in federally funded testing sites--United States, 1995-1997.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) counseling and voluntary testing (CT) programs have been an important part of national HIV prevention efforts since the first HIV antibody tests became available in 1985. In 1995, these programs accounted for approximately 15% of annual HIV antibody testing in the United States, excluding testing for blood donation. CT opportunities are offered to persons at r...

Diagnostic assays for HIV-1 infection.

orldwide, a total 40 million people were estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS through the end of 2003.1 According to the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/ AIDS, over 5 million new infections occurred in 2003, which translates to roughly 14,000 new infections daily. Since the first case of HIV infection was diagnosed in the United States in 1981, there have...

Primary antiretroviral drug resistance in newly human immunodeficiency virus-diagnosed individuals testing anonymously and confidentially.

The purpose of this study was to determine if anonymous and confidential testers differ in recency of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection at time of testing and prevalence of antiretroviral drug (ARV) resistance. We examined data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-sponsored Antiretroviral Drug Resistance Testing project, which performed genotypic testing on leftover HI...

Testing for HIV infection in pregnancy.