At-Risk Populations

New CDC Study Finds High Rates Of HIV Infection Among Young Gay And Bisexual Men

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 1st, 2001

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data showing that 4.4% of young men who have sex with men (MSM), 23-29 years of age - and 14.7% of African-American MSM in this age group - were infected annually in a six-city study conducted between 1998 and 2000.

This high rate of new infections, combined with recent increases in sexually transmitted diseases and risk behavior among MSM, suggests that HIV incidence may be increasing in this population, adding to what has become a major crisis 20 years into the AIDS epidemic.

HIV incidence was 3.5% among Latino MSM, and 2.5% among white MSM in the study. HIV incidence...

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