Posted on 07/21/2014 2:49:41 PM PDT by Armen Hareyan
Results of a new study show HIV rates have declined in the US. According to the report, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), from 2002 to 2011 there was a 30 percent decline in diagnosis of HIV nationwide. Despite the decrease in diagnosis, challenges still remain.
Trends in HIV The study authors looked at trends in HIV during the time period among persons age 13 and older, finding 493,372 persons were diagnosed with HIV in the US.
The results came from data that is part of the National HIV Surveillance System of the CDC.
The biggest decline in HIV was found among women, people age 35-44 and persons of multiple races the study authors said.
The researchers said HIV diagnosis continues to increase among men who have sex with other men - especially young men age 13 to 24. HIV increased 132.5 percent among younger men.
Anna Satcher Johnson, M.P.H., of the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, and colleagues conducted the study that showed HIV diagnosis decreased by 33.2 percent from 2002-2011. A decline was seen among HIV among heterosexuals and drug users as well as among males 35-44 years of age. Earlier diagnosis and antiretroviral therapy (ARV) has led to fewer cases of AIDS according to a 2013 report published in the journal HIV Medicine.
From 1988–1995 - before ARV - 78 percent of people died from AIDS. The rate of deaths from AIDS dropped to 15 percent from 2005 to 2010.
A March 2013 study also show HIV infected individuals who are treated optimally are at no higher risk of dying than the general population.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports there are currently 35.3 million people living with HIV worldwide. In 2012 there were 1.6 million AIDS related deaths.
Challenges One of the challenges of the study's accuracy is that HIV testing has become more widespread.
"The HIV testing services were expanded during the analysis period and early outcomes of testing initiatives often indicate increases in diagnoses until some level of testing saturation occurs. Our study found overall decreases in annual diagnosis rates despite the implementation of testing initiatives during the period of analysis," the authors wrote.
Young men that continue to have sex with other men could result in ongoing HIV transmission the authors concluded, posing challenges that call for expanded efforts toward prevention. The overall rate of HIV across the nation declined 30 percent in slightly more than a decade, based on the study finding.
The most telling statement in the article:
The researchers said HIV diagnosis continues to increase among men who have sex with other men - especially young men age 13 to 24. HIV increased 132.5 percent among younger men.
But hey, it’s just another lifestyle, boyz
The Illegals will fix that
Guess the barebacking stuff isn’t so good...... who would have thought.....
Come on everybody we've got quilting to do.
If men would stop putting their penises into other men’s rectums, I think we would see a further reduction in the transmission of AIDS.
That’ll change when homos become blood donors.
Lies, damned lies, and statistics.
HIV is increasing, both statistically and numerically, in the core population - homosexual males.
And that particular challenge is getting gays to stop sodomizing each other. good luck with that.
A relative is an MD who specializes in infectious diseases. He devotes time to treating HIV/AIDS patients. In a recent conversation, he told me that the medicines for treatment of HIV/AIDS are excellent. Further, that patients who follow the daily drug regimen, which is quite simple, are showing up negative for the HIV virus. This does not mean they are cured but rather that the level of the virus is so low that it is below detection levels.
Unfortunately, many HIV/AIDS patients, especially low income ones, do not adhere to the drug regimen, and it is not due to financial reasons. Also, the number of young people, both homosexual and heterosexual, who practice unsafe sex is scary. How stupid can these youths be?
Drug addicts? Down 70%.
A random group of 500,000? Down by 33%.
Women? Down approximately 50%
Males? Down more than 25%
Blacks? Down 37%
Hispanics? Down 42%
Male/female transmission? Down 33%
Male homosexuals and bisexuals? UP 133%.
“A March 2013 study also show HIV infected individuals who are treated optimally are at no higher risk of dying than the general population. “
Thus allowing new generations of potent viral loads to evolve.
Evolve? Never considered that. Of course, they’ll expect the hettys to money up the cure.
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