HIV/AIDS is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among black women in the United States. Our analysis indicates that black women have been increasingly affected by HIV and, despite prevention efforts and advances in HIV treatment (Retrovir tablets treating HIV infection when used along with other medicines), are more likely to become infected with [...]

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Diagnoses of HIV Infection From 1999 through 2002, an estimated 21,466 cases of HIV infection (Medication Viramune treating HIV infection) were diagnosed among black women in the 29 states with confidential name-based HIV reporting. During this same period, the annual number of new HIV diagnoses among black women remained stable from year to year. In 2002, [...]

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State health departments report confidential HIV infection and AIDS case reports to CDC through the HIV/AIDS Reporting System (HARS) after the removal of patient and physician identifiers. To characterize the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States, we analyzed HIV infection (Drug Zerit treating HIV infection when used in combination with other medicines) surveillance data for the [...]

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The HIV epidemic (Generic Retrovir treating HIV infection when used along with other medicines) in the United States, which began primarily among white men who have sex with men, has expanded to affect an increasing number of populations. Blacks, in particular, have been disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic, and the disparity [...]

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