Name-Based Surveillance for HIV-Infected Persons
Authors: Dennis H. Osmond, Karen Vranizan, Andrew Bindman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2000)

Letters6 June 2000Name-Based Surveillance for HIV-Infected PersonsDennis H. Osmond, PhD, Karen Vranizan, MA, and Andrew Bindman, MDDennis H. Osmond, PhDUniversity of California, San Francisco; San Francisco, CA 94143 (Osmond)San Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Vranizan)San Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Bindman)Search for more papers by this author, Karen Vranizan, MAUniversity of California, San Francisco; San Francisco, CA 94143 (Osmond)San Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Vranizan)San Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Bindman)Search for more papers by this author, and Andrew Bindman, MDUniversity of California, San Francisco; San Francisco, CA 94143 (Osmond)San Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Vranizan)San Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Bindman)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-132-11-200006060-00019 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:Brewer and Potterat maintain that self-reported data invalidate our finding that the number of partners of HIV-infected persons notified of risk was not increased by a confidential rather than an anonymous HIV test in states with name-based HIV surveillance. Although we agree that self-report is likely to be inaccurate, the question is not the validity of a particular number but whether the lack of difference between the two groups is valid.In calculating the mean number of partners notified, we probably inflated the number of partners notified in the confidential test group by assuming that all names given ...References1. Landis SE, Schoenbach VJ, Weber DJ, Mittal M, Krishan B, Lewis K, et al . Results of a randomized trial of partner notification in cases of HIV infection in North Carolina. N Engl J Med. 1992;326:101-6. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Stempel RR, Moulton JM, Moss AR. Self-disclosure of HIV-1 antibody test results: The San Francisco General Hospital Cohort. AIDS Educ Prev. 1995;7:116-24. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. Perry S, Ryan J, Fogel K, Fishman B, Jacobsberg L. Voluntarily informing others of positive HIV test results: patterns of notification by infected gay men. Hosp Commun Psych. 1990;41:549-51. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. Perry SW, Card CA, Moffatt M, Ashman T, Fishman B, Jacobsberg LB. Self-disclosure of HIV infection to sexual partners after repeated counseling. AIDS Educ Prev. 1994;6:403-11. MedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco, CA 94143 (Osmond)San Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Vranizan)San Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Bindman) PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoName-Based Surveillance and Public Health Interventions for Persons with HIV Infection Dennis H. Osmond , Andrew B. Bindman , Karen Vranizan , J. Stan Lehman , Frederick M. Hecht , Dennis Keane , Arthur Reingold , and Name-Based Surveillance for HIV-Infected Persons Devon D. Brewer and John J. Potterat Metrics 6 June 2000Volume 132, Issue 11Page: 923KeywordsAIDSHIVRetrospective studies Issue Published: 6 June 2000 CopyrightCopyright © 2000 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...