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Article: HIV Infection Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men - Jackson, Mississippi, 2006-2008
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- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- February 6, 2009
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In the United States, black men who have sex with men (MSM) account for a disproportionate number of new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immu- nodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (i). From 2001 to 2006, the number of HIV/AIDS cases among black MSM aged 13-24 years in 33 states increased 93% (2). In 2006, more new AIDS cases among black MSM were diagnosed in the South* than in all other U.S. census regions combined (3). In November 2007, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported to CDC an increase in the number of young black MSM who received diagnoses of HIV infection at a sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic in Jackson, Mississippi. MSDH and CDC ...
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