Men, women and HIV.In 29 states with name-based reporting of HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. or AIDS, 35% of newly diagnosed HIV infections reported among individuals aged 13 and older in 1999-2002 were acquired through heterosexual contact. (1) According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. , women accounted for 64% of heterosexually acquired infections, 89% of those among 13-19-year-olds and more than half of those in each racial or ethnic group examined. Black and Hispanic men and women, who made up 21% of the population of the 29 states, accounted for 84% of infections acquired through heterosexual contact; the great majority of these infections (74% overall) were among blacks. One-fifth of individuals with heterosexually acquired HIV received an AIDS diagnosis in the same month that they learned of their HIV infection; concurrent diagnosis of the two conditions was more likely among males than among females. The author of a commentary on the analysis urges the development of culturally sensitive HIV prevention interventions and prevention education aimed at sexually active teenagers. (1.) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Heterosexual transmission of HIV-29 states, 1999-2002, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) is a weekly epidemiological digest for the United States published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 5 June 1981 issue of the MMWR published the cases of five men in what turned out to be the first report of AIDS. , 2004, 53(6):125-129. FYI "For your information." See digispeak. FYI - For Your Information is compiled and written by Dore Hollander, executive editor of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. |
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