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Thousands with HIV delay getting care. (FYI).(Brief Article)

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| March 01, 2002 | Hollander, Dore | COPYRIGHT 2002 Blackwell Publishers Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

An estimated 850,000-950,000 Americans are infected with HIV, including 180,000-280,000 who do not know it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (1) Of those who know that they have HIV infection, about one-third are not receiving care. Four in 10 of all infected persons begin treatment later than recommended and therefore have a sharply increased risk of dying of AIDS. CDC researchers point to several possible reasons underlying these statistics: People who are too young to remember the peak of the epidemic mistakenly believe that current treatments can cure HIV, young people at risk are tired of being warned about AIDS, and drug advertisements create false impressions of the reality of living with HIV. The CDC has launched a public campaign to ...

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