The Law of Communicable Diseases Act and disclosure to sexual partners among HIV-positive youth

Figures & data

Table 1. Characterization of the informants at the time of the interview

Informant	Ethnicity	Education and occupation	Civil status	Sexual orientation	Detection of HIV/diagnosis	Antiretroviral therapy
Man, 22 years	Immigrant from South America	Studying Swedish	Single	Heterosexual	Immigration/HIV diagnosis7 months ago	Yes
Man, 17 years	Swedish (Swedish mother, African father)	Senior high school	Girlfriend	Heterosexual	Incarcerated in youth prison/2 years ago	No
Man, 24 years	Swedish	Senior high school, working	Single	Homosexual	Kaposi's sarcoma/2 years ago	Yes
Man, 24 years	Swedish (parents from Asia)	Senior high school, working	Boyfriend	Homosexual	Fever and severe bodily pain/2 years ago	Yes
Man, 24 years	Swedish	Senior high school, on sick-leave	Single	Homosexual	Partner notification/2, 5 years ago	Yes
Woman, 17 years	Immigrant from Africa	Senior high school	Single	Heterosexual	Immigration/1, 5 years ago	Yes
Woman, 24 years	Swedish	Senior high school, on sick-leave	Boyfriend and one child	Heterosexual	Pregnancy/2 years ago	Not at the moment. She quitted
Woman, 24 years	Swedish	Senior high school working	Boyfriend	Heterosexual	Partner notification/2 years ago	No
Woman, 19 years	Immigrant from Africa	Senior high school, working	Single	Heterosexual	Immigration/3 years ago	Yes
Woman, 20 years	Swedish	High school, working	Single	Heterosexual	Induced abortion/5 years ago	No
HIV: human immunodeficiency virus.