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With the ideal national testing strategy, all individuals with new HIV infections would be identified as soon as possible after infection. How close are we to this goal?
CDC researchers analyzed HIV testing histories reported by 57,000 individuals from 18 cities and states around the country who received new HIV diagnoses between 2006 and 2009. The majority (60%) reported having a previous negative test: 42% of them within the year before the positive test, 21% from 1 year to 2 years before, and the rest >2 years before.
The groups with the highest percentages of people identified within a year of HIV seroconversion were whites, individuals aged 13 to 29, and males reporting male-to-male sexual contact as their sole risk factor. The groups wi…