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African Americans and HIV/AIDS African Americans comprise 12.7% of the U.S. population but accounted for half of all new AIDS cases in 2002 (Figure l). Of all men diagnosed with HIV/AIDS from 1999-2000, 49% were African-American; among women with HIV/AIDS, 72% were African-American. Since 1998, more AIDS deaths have occurred among African Americans than any [...]

INTRODUCTION As part of an effort to respond to the growing HIV/AIDS public health crisis, several prominent physicians met to form the HIV (Generic Viramune treating HIV infection) African-American and Latino Treatment (HALT) Council, which met in Chicago, IL in June 2004. On that date, the HALT Council met to discuss issues relevant to the diagnosis [...]

The results of this study demonstrate that high-risk sexual behaviors were frequently reported among HIV-infected men and women in HIV clinical care in a community with high HIV prevalence. More than one-third of participants in this study had multiple sexual partners and <50% used condoms consistently. Nearly 40% of participants had partners of unknown HIV [...]

Study Population Between April 2000 and October 2000, 262 patients enrolled in the study. Of these, 67% (179) were sexually active within the prior six months. Sexually active participants did not differ demographically from sexually inactive participants. All subsequent results are among sexually active participants.

Study Population and Recruitment Eligible were patients followed in the Harlem Hospital Infectious Diseases Clinic (New York City) with documented HIV/AIDS who were >18 years old with no recent (<1 month) use of antichlamydial antimicrobials and willing to answer a questionnaire and provide urine for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) testing. The Harlem Hospital institutional review board [...]

High-risk sexual behaviors among HIV-infected individuals significantly impact individual partnerships but may have greater implications when individuals’ social and sexual networks are considered. Most HIV prevention efforts have focused on primary prevention of HIV transmission among high-risk uninfected populations. Despite these efforts, annual cases of HIV (Generic Retrovir еreating HIV infection when used along with [...]