HIV incidence overall decreased by 14.8% between 2008–2015 among all transmission groups except men who have sex with men, especially those aged 25 to 34 years.
In the U.S. close to 40,000 people are diagnosed with HIV each year (82% of them men), and a disproportionate number of them (67% in 2015) are men who have sex with men (MSM), who have a rate of 513.7 per 100,000 population, 135 times that of persons with infection attributable to heterosexual transmission. Using data from the National HIV Surveillance System (NHSS), investigators from the CDC modeled HIV incidence, prevalence, and percent undiagnosed from 2008 through 2015. The first available CD4 was used to estimate the time from HIV infection to diagnosis.
HIV incidence decreased by 14.8%, while HIV prevalence increased by 17.4%. Among MSM, HIV incidence decreased overall by 2.6%, with the greatest decrease among white MSM (19.3%), while…
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DisclosuresGrant/Research SupportNIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
Editorial BoardsJAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes; Vaccines
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesInternational Antiviral Society–USA (Board of Directors); Infectious Diseases Society of America (Past President)
DisclosuresGrant/Research SupportNIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
Editorial BoardsJAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes; Vaccines
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesInternational Antiviral Society–USA (Board of Directors); Infectious Diseases Society of America (Past President)