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Introduction to special supplement: monitoring and evaluation of HIV counseling, testing and referral (CTR) and HIV testing services
Stein R , Grimes TS , Malow R , Stratford D , Spielberg F , Holtgrave DR . AIDS Educ Prev 2011 23 1-6 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that 1.1 million people are living with HIV in the United States and approximately 56,000 new infections occur each year (CDC, 2008; Hall et al., 2008). By the end of 2006, an estimated 21% of people with HIV did not know that they were infected (calculated using extended back-calculation methods) (Campsmith et al., 2010). Many of those who do learn their serostatus are diagnosed in the late stages of the disease—approx-imately 38% of those who are diagnosed with HIV progress to AIDS within a year of their first positive HIV test. HIV transmission rates from persons who are aware of their seropositivity is approximately 3.3 compared to a rate of approximately 11.4 of those unaware of their seropositivity (Holtgrave, 2010). Furthermore, with high-quality care, a 25-year-old HIV-positive person can live an additional 39 years (Lohse, 2007). This information confirms the importance of routine HIV testing and early linkage to care for persons who test positive (CDC, 2009). |
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