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- Title
Incidence and Diagnoses of HIV Infection -- Puerto Rico, 2006.
- Authors
Miranda, S; Lopez, B; García-Rivera, E. J.; Rangel, M.; Hernandez, A. L.; Espinoza, L.; Song, R.; Zhang, R.; Myles, Z.
- Abstract
The article presents information on the occurrence and diagnoses of HIV infection in Puerto Rico in 2006. It is stated that 33 U.S. states and five territories had confidential HIV reports that showed Puerto Rico as having the second highest rate of HIV infection. Based on results of data analysis and the statistical extrapolation method used by the Puerto Rico Department of Health to determine HIV incidence in 2006, an estimated 1,440 persons aged over13 years were newly infected with the disease, posting a rate of 45.0 cases per 100,000 population.
- Subjects
PUERTO Rico; UNITED States; HIV infections; LENTIVIRUS diseases; HIV; HIV-positive persons
- Publication
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 2009, Vol 58, Issue 21, p589
- ISSN
0149-2195
- Publication type
Article