Attitudes to Tracing and Notifying Contacts of People With HIV Infection

Abstract

...In the United Kingdom medical staff in genitourinary medicine clinics have the major responsibility for managing people with early HIV infection. The only official guidelines for tracing contacts are those for the common sexually transmitted diseases, which were published in 1980, before the HIV epidemic emerged. Therefore, to examine attitudes and practices regarding the notification of partners in the United Kingdom we surveyed consultant physicians and health advisors in genitourinary medicine clinics.