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- Title
New Faces of HIV Infection: Age, Race, and Timing of Entry into HIV Care in the Southeastern United States.
- Authors
Rebeiro, Peter Francis; Ivey, Kelsey Sunderland; Craig, Kaylin Smith; Hulgan, Todd; Huaman, Moises Arturo; Nash, Robertson; Raffanti, Stephen; Equakun, Kehinde Amen; Person, Anna Kristine
- Abstract
Among younger men who have sex with men (MSM), the incidence of HIV is rising nationally. Of the 281 persons who entered into care at a large HIV clinic in the southeastern United States in 2010 to 2012, 78 (27.8%) were <25 years old at the time of diagnosis. Those in the younger group were more likely than those aged ≥25 to be black (59.0% versus 37.4%), MSM (78.2% versus 55.2%), and to have a longer median time from diagnosis to entry into care (71 versus 53 days; P < .05 each). In adjusted survival analysis, persons of black race were less likely to enter care after diagnosis than those of nonblack race (hazard ratio = 0.75, P = .02). Young MSM represent an important target population for prevention and HIV testing interventions, and there is a need to shorten the time from diagnosis to linkage to care, particularly in persons aged <25 and of black race.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SOUTHERN States; HIV infections; THERAPEUTICS; MEN who have sex with men; DIAGNOSIS of HIV infections; ANTI-HIV agents; STATISTICS on Black people; HIV infection epidemiology; AGE distribution; HOMOSEXUALITY; MEDICAL care; PATIENTS; RESEARCH funding; SUBSTANCE abuse; DISEASE incidence; RETROSPECTIVE studies; CD4 lymphocyte count
- Publication
Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2017, Vol 16, Issue 4, p347
- ISSN
2325-9582
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/2325957417710719