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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2018 Jul;22(7):2181–2188. doi: 10.1007/s10461-017-1914-3

Table III.

Serologic testing algorithm for determining recent HIV infection (STARHS) results by nativity King County, 2006 to 2015.

African
(N^=133)
N, %
Asian/Pacific Islander
(N^=78)
N, %
Latin/S. American
(N^=133)
N, %
All Foreign-born**
(N^=386)
N, %
U.S.-born ***
(N^=1014)
N, %
STARHS recent versus long-standing infection Recent infection * 20 (15) 20 (26) 52 (39) 104 (27) 485 (48)
Long-standing infection 113 (85) 58 (74) 81 (61) 282 (73) 529 (52)
Missing (not included with other two rows) 143 101 130 428 896
*

Recent infection indicates serologic testing algorithm for recent HIV surveillance (STARHS) test results suggestive of infection within about half of a year from National HIV Surveillance System HIV diagnosis date.

**

Includes others not born in Africa, Asia or Latin America, namely: Europeans, Canadians, people born in Oceania, and individuals born in U.S. territories

***

Excludes individuals born in U.S. territories

^

Column totals (N^) exclude those with no STARHS results