Rates of Prevalent HIV Infection, Prevalent Diagnoses, and New Diagnoses Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in US States, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and Counties, 2012-2013.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the United States, men who have sex with men (MSM) increasingly represent the majority of people living with and acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Local and federal surveillance programs estimate the number of persons living with an HIV diagnosis, persons living with HIV infection, and new diagnoses. Given the absence of population-based estimates of the number of MSM for US states, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), or counties, it is not possible to accurately estimate rates using these indicators at these levels, inhibiting the ability to understand HIV burden and to direct prevention efforts.

Objective

To synthesize recently published estimates of MSM population size with publicly available HIV surveillance data, in order to estima

SUBMITTER: Rosenberg ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4887662 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature