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U.S. Reports Rise in HIV Cases
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 The CDC estimates that between 850,000 and 950,000 Americans are now living with HIV.
Officials hope to soon do an even better job of tracking new infections. New technology is expected to give them a better idea about when newly diagnosed HIV patients were infected with the virus.
Why are sexually transmitted disease rates going up, especially among gay men? Valdiserri says it's a worldwide phenomenon, affecting Western Europe and Australia as well.
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"We're seeing more and more AIDS complacency, more and more reversion to unsafe sex or higher risk sexual behaviors," he says.
And the latest worldwide numbers, in fact, bring more bad news. AIDS will kill an estimated 3 million people this year, while as many as 46 million are infected with HIV, mostly in Africa, according to a United Nations report released Tuesday.
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Last updated 11/26/2003
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SOURCES: Ronald O. Valdiserri, M.D., deputy director, HIV, STD and TB prevention center, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta; Nov. 26, 2003, statement, Julie Gerberding, M.D., director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Nov. 28, 2003, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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