HIV infections drop 18% in 6 years stat : Becker's Hospital Review

HIV infections drop 18% in 6 years: 6 new statistics from the CDCFrom 2008 to 2014, the number of newly contracted HIV infections dropped by 18 percent in the United States, according to CDC data presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle on Feb. 14. While the rate of new HIV infections declined overall, rates for some demographics rose in the six-year time period. Among gay and bisexual men between 13 and 24 years of age, new infections dropped 18 percent from 9,400 in 2008 to 7,700 in 2014. "The nation's new high-impact approach to HIV prevention is working. The number of infections also increased for Latino gay and bisexual men.




NEW YORK -- New calculations to better track HIV infections confirm that the U.S. is seeing a strong and steady decline. Officials also said they were able to estimate annual HIV infections in 35 states. The CDC saw substantial declines in new infections in very young and in middle-aged men in that group. Their calculations showed new infections dropped by nearly 18 percent over six years, the CDC reported Tuesday. The agency found that between 2008 and 2014, new infections fell:Two-thirds of the people who are diagnosed with HIV each year are gay and bisexual men.


Of the 22,042 cohort participants screened for HCV at least once, the study team identified 2422 with HCV co-infection. In most cases acute HCV was defined as a positive HCV RNA test following a negative one. In other words, annual HCV incidence fell from 1.1% to 0.5% per year – a highly significant 51% reduction. This analysis looked at data from 17 HIV treatment centres throughout the Netherlands, accounting for about 80% of Dutch HIV-positive MSM in care. "For the first time in more than 10 years, the incidence of acute HCV in HIV-positive MSM in the Netherlands dropped substantially," the researchers concluded.



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