Estimación de la incidencia del VIH en los Estados Unidos

H Irene Hall1, Ruiguang Song, Philip Rhodes

  • 1Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. ixh1@cdc.gov

JAMA
|August 5, 2008
PubMed
Resumen

Nuevos ensayos permitieron la estimación directa de la incidencia del virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH) en los EE.UU.. En 2006, se estimó que se produjeron 56.300 nuevas infecciones por VIH, principalmente entre hombres que tienen relaciones sexuales con hombres y personas negras.

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