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Men who have sex with men (MSM)
The Shifting Sands of HIV Risk in the US Today: Falling in Women, Rising in Young MSM

I have come to recognize the situation of HIV risk among young black MSM in the United States as not unlike the heterosexual spread of HIV infection among young women in Africa, in which girls 13-16 years of age acquire HIV infection from older, male partners.

Published
12 March 2013
From
Clinical Care Options
Resistance
Wide US Study Finds 16% With Newly Diagnosed HIV Carry Resistant Virus

Just over 16% of US residents newly diagnosed with HIV infection in 10 metropolitan areas or states carried antiretroviral-resistant virus, according to a CDC study spanning the years 2007 to 2010.

Published
11 March 2013
From
NATAP
Epidemiology
Aids most prevalent cause of early deaths in South Africa

Aids kills more people prematurely in SA than another other disease – in sharp contrast to two decades ago, which set them at just 12%.

Published
10 March 2013
From
Mail & Guardian
Resistance
Transmission of Resistant HIV Steady

The rate of drug-resistant HIV transmission in the U.S. appears to be holding steady, according to the most recent CDC figures.

Published
07 March 2013
From
MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
Promoting HIV testing
US: HIV Awareness Rising Among Urban Gays

More gay and bisexual men infected with HIV are aware they have the virus, at least in 20 major urban areas, a researcher said here.

Published
07 March 2013
From
MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
Epidemiology
Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2011

Surveillance data shows that HIV remains a significant threat. From 2008-2011, the annual estimated number and rate of diagnoses of HIV infection among Americans remained stable in the U.S., yet in 2011, an estimated 49,273 Americans were diagnosed with HIV—far too many.

Published
01 March 2013
From
US Centers for Disease Control
Epidemiology
Malawi gets 1000 new HIV infections a week: official

Mkawa said Malawi, where 11.8 percent of the 14 million citizens are HIV positive, "needs urgent action to attain zero new HIV infections."

Published
25 February 2013
From
FRANCE 24
Outcomes and prognosis
Anti-HIV drug effort in South Africa yields dramatic results

An intensive campaign to combat HIV/AIDS with costly antiretroviral drugs in rural South Africa has increased life expectancy by more than 11 years and significantly reduced the risk of infection for healthy individuals, according to new research.

Published
22 February 2013
From
Los Angeles Times
Epidemiology
Manchester charity blames 'complacency' for HIV levels failing to fall despite improved treatment

‘Apathy’ and ‘complacency’ could be to blame for the threat of HIV in the North West of England staying high despite improved treatment.

Published
04 February 2013
From
Mancunian Matters
Epidemiology
Kenya: Kenya Is Losing 62 000 People Yearly to Aids

62,000 people are dying of AIDS in Kenya every year. The Kenya AIDS epidemic update 2012 has also revealed that 104,000 people are getting infected with the disease yearly, 91,000 of these are adults while the rest are infants.

Published
31 January 2013
From
AllAfrica
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