HIV/AIDS and Women
Early in the epidemic, HIV infection and AIDS were diagnosed for relatively few women and female adolescents (although we know now that many women were infected with HIV through injection drug use but that their infections were not diagnosed) ... [... more]
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Drug-Associated HIV Transmission Continues in the United States Surveillance of Occupationally Acquired HIV/AIDS in Healthcare Personnel MMWR Analysis Provides New Details on HIV Incidence in U.S. Populations CDC HIV/AIDS Science Facts: Using the ... [... more]
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Which countries have a high prevalence* of HIV-2 infection?
In 1984, 3 years after the first reports of a disease that was to become known as AIDS, researchers discovered the primary causative viral agent, the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). In 1986, a second type of HIV, called HIV-2, was ... [... more]
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Year Implemented
The U.S. blood supply is among the safest in the world. Nearly all people infected with HIV through blood transfusions received those transfusions before 1985, the year HIV testing began for all donated blood. The Public Health Service has ... [... more]
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CDC HIV/AIDS
CDC provides leadership for HIV prevention research and surveillance and the development and testing of effective biomedical interventions to reduce transmission and HIV disease progression in the United States and internationally. It also ... [... more]
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Dependent Areas:
This refers to persons diagnosed with AIDS, based on the CDC definition in adults and adolescents and children. This refers to cases of HIV infection, regardless of whether they have progressed to AIDS from the 38 areas (33 states and 5 U.S. ... [... more]
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HIV/AIDS Statistics and Surveillance
HIV/AIDS surveillance reports, including supplemental reports. The HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report contains tabular and graphic information about U.S. AIDS and HIV case reports, including data by state, metropolitan statistical area, mode of ... [... more]
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CDC's Clinical Studies of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention Questions and Answers (Q & A) Coinfection with Hepatitis C Virus Rumors, Myths, and Hoaxes Blood Safety HIV/AIDS Science Men on the Down Low HIV Incidence [... more]
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HIV/AIDS and Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)
A summary overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM). The term men who have sex with men (MSM) refers to all men who have sex with other men, regardless of how they identify themselves (gay, bisexual, or ... [... more]
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Personas más jóvenes
A principios de la epidemia, se diagnosticaba el VIH y SIDA a un número relativamente pequeño de mujeres y adolescentes de sexo femenino (aun cuando ahora se sabe que muchas mujeres estaban infectadas por el VIH por el uso de drogas [... more]
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HIV and AIDS: Are You at Risk? / Brochures / CDC HIV/AIDS
This brochure provides basic information on how HIV is transmitted, what people can do to protect themselves and their partners, and information about HIV testing. The first cases of AIDS were identified in the United States in 1981, but AIDS ... [... more]
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Transmission / Questions and Answers / CDC HIV/AIDS
Is there a connection between HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases? Are patients in a health care setting at risk of getting HIV? Are lesbians or other women who have sex with women at risk for HIV? Can I get HIV from getting a tattoo or ... [... more]
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