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Article: HIV/AIDS among Hispanics--United States, 2001-2005.(human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)(Report)
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- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- October 12, 2007
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In the United States, Hispanics are affected disproportionately by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Although Hispanics accounted for 14.4% of the U.S. population in 2005 (1), they accounted for 18.9% of persons who received an AIDS diagnosis (2). The rate of HIV diagnosis among Hispanics also remains disproportionately high; in 2005, the annual rate of HIV diagnosis for Hispanics was three times that for non-Hispanic whites. To better characterize HIV infection and AIDS among Hispanics in the United States, CDC analyzed selected characteristics of Hispanics in whom HIV infection was diagnosed during 2001-2005 and ...