Bloomberg News reports: The government's estimate of annual new HIV infections is likely to rise "as much as 50 percent," say patient advocates who are pressuring officials to speed the release of the new figures.
Bloomberg News reports: The government's estimate of annual new HIV infections is likely to rise "as much as 50 percent," say patient advocates who are pressuring officials to speed the release of the new figures.
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said new technologies and statistical analyses show that 50,000 to 60,000 people were infected with the virus in 2005, said Walt Senterfitt, an epidemiologist with the Los Angeles health department and a former CDC adviser. The agency has used an estimate of about 40,000 annual infections since 2001. See,
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aHWY4xaj7iPQ&refer=home
It is interesting to note that world health officials decreased their estimate of the number of people infected, worldwide, with HIV by 6 percent to 33.2 million last month. -- The Editors
Original: U.S. HIV infection totals increases by 50%, CDC indicate