Screening for HIV: Review of the Evidence, Table 1. Asymptomatic Adolescents and Adults at High Risk for HIV Infection

Persons seeking treatment for sexually transmitted diseases^a,b

Homosexual or bisexual men^a,b

Past or present injection drug users^a,b

Persons who exchange sex for money or drugs and their sex partners^a,b

Women whose past or present sex partners were HIV-infected, bisexual, or injection drug users^a,b

Persons with a history of transfusion between 1978 and 1985^a,b

Persons having unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse with > 1 sex partner^b

^a Source: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 1996.¹¹
^b Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2001.²¹