Open AccessCharacteristics of Persons With Heterosexually Acquired HIV Infection, United States 1999–2004
Author(s) -
Lorena Espinoza,
H. Irene Hall,
Felicia Hardnett,
Richard M. Selik,
Qiang Ling,
Lisa M. Lee
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.077461
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , ethnic group , confidence interval , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , gerontology , physics , sociology , anthropology , optics
In the United States a growing proportion of cases of heterosexually acquired HIV infections occur in women and in persons of color. We analyzed the association between race/ethnicity, whether diagnoses of HIV infection and AIDS were made concurrently, and the survival after diagnosis of heterosexually acquired AIDS.