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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 2.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2014 Feb 6;49(7):783–792. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2014.880176

TABLE 3.

HSV-2 seroprevalence by HIV seroprevalence, sex, and race/ethnicity among NIDUs, New York City, 1995–1999 and 2005–2011

Total Sample**
n+/Total N (%)
White
n+/N (%)
African American
n+/N (%)
Hispanic
n+/N (%)
1995–1999
HIV-negative males* 30/79 (39) 0/1 (0) 21/33 (64) 9/45 (20)
HIV-negative females* 58/77 (75) 2/8 (25) 27/34 (79) 29/35 (83)
HIV-positive males 14/20 (70) 0 9/10 (90) 5/10 (50)
HIV-positive females 19/20 (95) 1/1 (100) 10/11 (90) 8/8 (100)
2005–2011
HIV-negative males* 608/1238 (49) 21/72 (29) 476/845 (56) 111/321 (35)
HIV-negative females* 276/332 (83) 13/25 (52) 189/219 (86) 74/88 (84)
HIV-positive males 156/209 (75) 4/5 (80) 119/154 (77) 33/50 (66)
HIV-positive females 89/91 (98) 1/1 (100) 71/72 (99) 17/18 (94)
*

Significant difference for race/ethnicity by Chi-square test.

**

Females had significantly higher HSV-2 prevalence than males in all HIV serostatus and time period comparisons except among HIV seropositives in 1995–1999 where P = 0.09.