Demographic profiles of newly acquired HIV infections among adolescents and young adults in the U.S.
Understanding the demographic and risk profiles of youth with recent HIV infection offers insight for imputing the dynamics of the epidemic and targeting prevention efforts. Three hundred forty-two HIV-positive youth were tested using a Sensitive/Less Sensitive strategy; 33% were classified as recently infected; with the majority (51%) occurring within African Americans.
Sill
Anne M
AM
Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. asill@cnmc.org
Constantine
Niel T
NT
Wilson
Craig M
CM
Peralta
Ligia
L
D000293:Adolescent; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence / Q000639:trends*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult