Author/Editor		Vidmar, Ludvik
Title		Modeli testiranja na HIV v Sloveniji
Type		monografija
Place		Ljubljana
Publisher		Medicinska fakulteta
Publication year		1995
Volume		str. 178
Language		slo
Abstract		The aim of our research was to establish whether evidence from the analysis of HIV tests done until present, could be used as a base for creating theoretical test models and estimating future testing trends. We were also interested in the possibility of predicting the spread of infection and the number of patients suffering from aids. A survey was carried out to get the information. Based on results from HIV tests done so far, the number of HIV positive people and patients with aids, a model of the total number of tests was formed and the number of all people, known to be infected with HIV that will be discovered afresh, as well as those who will develop aids was foreseen. In fact, three main models of testing are in use at present: people giving blood, tissues and organs for reason of safety (Model I), diagnosis of HIV infection (Model II), and testing for control (Model III). According to statistic approximation we can estimate a linear rising tendency of the total number of HIV tests and it is expected that by the year 2000 the number will have grown to somewhere between 1.673.000 and 1.677.000 tests done. The total number of all people, known to be infected with HIV, discovered afresh, and the number of aids patients will supposedly increase squarely. Consequently, by the year 2000 we can expect the cumulative number of 165 to 177 individuals known to be infected with HIV and among these about 93 to 97 patients suffering from aids. We also wanted to find out how well informed about this disease surgeons (who take a great risk) are and what they feel for HIV positive patients and what attitude they take towards problems involved; what preventive measures are taken among them, on one side, and general practitioners (who do not take such a high risk) on the other. Among surgeons the survey was repeated after two years with the intention of finding possible (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters).
Descriptors		HIV INFECTIONS AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME QUESTIONNAIRES HIV SEROPOSITIVITY PHYSICIANS FAMILY PRACTICE SURGERY OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SLOVENIA