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HIV rates in U.S. black women much higher than thought
By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times / For the Booster Shots blog
March 8, 2012, 4:17 p.m.
HIV infection rates among black women in some parts of the United States are similar to the incidence seen in sub-Saharan Africa, researchers reported Thursday.
The study found a rate of HIV infection of 0.24% in a group of almost 2,100 women, most of whom were black. That rate is five times higher than previous estimates issued by the federal government.
The high infection rate was found in six geographic areas that are known to be hard hit by the HIV epidemic and where poverty is more common. The six areas studied were in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Newark, N.J., Harlem (New York City) and Wake County, N.C.
The data come from the important ISIS study (The Women?s HIV Seroincidence Study), which was undertaken after previous research showed black women account for 66% of new HIV cases in the country yet make up just 14% of the population...
HIV rates in U.S. black women much higher than thought
By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times / For the Booster Shots blog
March 8, 2012, 4:17 p.m.
HIV infection rates among black women in some parts of the United States are similar to the incidence seen in sub-Saharan Africa, researchers reported Thursday.
The study found a rate of HIV infection of 0.24% in a group of almost 2,100 women, most of whom were black. That rate is five times higher than previous estimates issued by the federal government.
The high infection rate was found in six geographic areas that are known to be hard hit by the HIV epidemic and where poverty is more common. The six areas studied were in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Newark, N.J., Harlem (New York City) and Wake County, N.C.
The data come from the important ISIS study (The Women?s HIV Seroincidence Study), which was undertaken after previous research showed black women account for 66% of new HIV cases in the country yet make up just 14% of the population...