Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroprevalence surveys

The seroprevalence surveys being conducted in the Kansas City area have to date tested 15,778 persons and resulted in 85 seropositive HIV tests. The sexually transmitted disease (STD) surveys and women's surveys fall in the lowest quartile of the combined national surveys. The drug treatment (IVDU) survey data were comparable to the median national seroprevalence of 3.8%. Seroprevalence rates in the STD surveys were 41 times that of women's surveys, and the IVDU surveys were 104 times that of the women's surveys. Based on three years of data from clinics with stable populations presenting for treatment, no trends in the demographics of those being found seropositive were identified to be statistically significant. This lack of trends has been presented as the normal findings of surveys nationally. The data does not show an acceleration of new infections based on seropositives being identified in the survey sites.