Open AccessRacial and Ethnic Disparities in HIV Diagnoses for Women in the United States
Author(s) -
Kathleen McDavid,
Jianmin Li,
Lisa M. Lee
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/01.qai.0000199353.11479.08
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , ethnic group , hiv diagnosis , confidence interval , young adult , black women , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gerontology , family medicine , viral load , antiretroviral therapy , gender studies , sociology , anthropology
An estimated 361,000 persons in the United States are currently living with HIV (not AIDS), and approximately 29% are women.