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Avatar m tn As of November 2009, 23,731 HIV/AIDS cases have been reported in the country (National HIV/AIDS Program of the Ministry of Health). The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates that in 2007, 35,000 Salvadorans were living with HIV (UNAIDS 2008 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic). Incidence appears to have declined since 2004, but there is a fear that HIV/AIDS cases are underreported due to lack of an effective monitoring system.
Avatar f tn 3 per cent of people living with HIV in Washington, DC is the capital of the United States. Of African descent, this ratio to 4.6 percent rise. AIDS, especially after the emergence of the United States 30 years ago, began to spread rapidly. Awareness-raising activities throughout the country, in spite of the state-sponsored Unable to inhibit the spread of the disease.
Avatar f tn Before the use of preventive antibiotics for the condition, most people in the United States with advanced AIDS would develop it.
Avatar f tn According to the March of Dimes, there are an estimated 120,000 to 160,000 women in the United States who have been infected with HIV. About 6,000 to 7,000 of women infected with HIV give birth annually. Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, approximately 15,000 children in the United States have been infected with HIV and 3,000 children have died. About 90 percent of those were infected with the virus during pregnancy or birth.
Avatar m tn In the United States an estimate 1 million people has HIV out of a population of over 350 million. Among the persons who have HIV about 60% are men who have sex with men. Thus if one's partner is not an IV drug user, the statistical likelihood that a person has HIV is less than 1 in 1000 and probably lower. If you have had 1 negative HIV test at any time more than 8 weeks after your last sexual contact with a partner who concerns you, you can be confident that you do not have HIV.
Avatar n tn i think teak misread your post when he commented the first time...but his latter comment states "you dont have HIV and you dont have KS" you have tested out to a YEAR...YOU DONT HAVE HIV ! ! ! further testing is not needed. accept your negative status and move on with your life.
Avatar n tn Is it true african americans in united states have a higher risk for stds and or hiv ... If it is a african american who is a street hooker do those odds go up that she might have AIDS?
Avatar m tn t shown any symptoms in the past 5 years, but I also have not had an HIV/AIDS test. I am going to my doctor on Thursday of this week and plan to have full blood work done and an HIV test as well. I have gotten very worried recently that when i go for my test it will come back positive because of the amount of escorts i have seen over the past 5 years. What should i expect from the test? Am i over-reacting badly or am i being realistic in my worries?
Avatar m tn However, 99% doctors in United States and 99% Experts in United States say they have seen convinsing cases and well-documented cases through HIV. 2. They say I will get infected by Oral sex because I swallow seman and contain them in my mouth HIV virus will get into my body through a small membranes cut . and the risk is 1:2500 or 1:10000 or 100people/per year Because I am sick , have extremely simular ARS symptom( Fever ranging from 37.
Avatar f tn Hepatitis B and C viruses are the cause of a growing number of new liver cancer cases and liver transplants. In the United States, hepatitis is a leading infectious cause of death, claiming the lives of thousands of Americans each year. While we have come far, work still needs to be done to prevent and treat this disease. Viral hepatitis touches Americans of all backgrounds, but certain groups are at greater risk than others.
Avatar m tn I've heard that women only make up 20% of the HIV population in the United States. Is this correct?
Avatar f tn Hard to follow your post, but I think you are asking if your hotel room could give you aids/ hiv. No. You can not get HIV from surfaces. HIV is transmitted in specific ways - by unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse (penetrating) or sharing of IV drug needles. It is inactivated by air and saliva. Even in the very off chance you touched someone else's blood, you can not get HIV that way.
Avatar n tn A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that tested over 8,000 people in 21 cities, found that one in FIVE gay men in the United States has HIV, and almost half of those who carry the virus are unaware that they are infected. According to the study, the risk is highest among young, sexually active men and minority groups because they are least likely to know their health status, while the rate has fallen for heterosexuals and intravenous drug users.