Demographic Profiles of Newly Acquired HIV Infections Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the U.S
| Autor: | Anne M, Sill, Niel T, Constantine, Craig M, Wilson, Ligia, Peralta, Lisa, Stangl |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Adolescent Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) medicine.disease_cause Risk profile Article Young Adult Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) HIV Seroprevalence HIV Seropositivity Humans Medicine Young adult Sida Demography biology business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health biology.organism_classification medicine.disease United States Psychiatry and Mental health Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Lentivirus Immunology HIV-1 Female Viral disease business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Adolescent Health. 46:93-96 |
| ISSN: | 1054-139X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.05.003 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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