|
|
Article: New HIV cases still increasing in MSM population.(Infectious Diseases)(men who have sex with men)(Human immunodeficiency virus)
- Article from:
- Internal Medicine News
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
SAN FRANCISCO -- New HIV and AIDS cases still occur most commonly in the gay male population, and one of the reasons may be because a substantial proportion of infected persons do not know that they are infected.
"We increasingly have been focused on [new infection cases in] women, but the only group in which we have evidence that HIV or AIDS cases are increasing is in the group of men who have sex with men," Dr. Susan Buchbinder said at a meeting on HIV management sponsored by the University of California, San Francisco.
A high proportion of infected persons are not aware of their serostatus; they engage in risky behavior and come in for testing and ...