Emergency Department–Based HIV Testing: Too Little, but Not Too Late
Annals of Emergency MedicinePublished 25 April 2009
Gabor D. Kelen, Richard E. Rothman
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Abstract
The HIV epidemic is approaching 25 years. Specific numbers remain sobering, for more than a million people in the United States alone are living with HIV/AIDS.1,2 Of these, an estimated 25% are unaware of their infection3 and account for more than 50% of new infections.4 New HIV infection rates estimated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have remained near 40,000 a year.5 However, extended back-calculation methods suggest that incidence may be closer to 55,000 a year.6
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