Disease Prevention

AIDS Healthcare Foundation

New CDC HIV Report Presents Unclear Picture, but Suggests Names Reporting, Testing are Working

March 3rd, 2009

In response to the release of the Centers for Disease Control's latest HIV/AIDS
AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) was first reported in the United States in 1981 and has since become a major worldwide epidemic. AIDS is caused by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). By killing or damaging cells of the body\'s immune system, HIV progressively destroys the body\'s ability to fight infections and certain cancers. People diagnosed with AIDS may get life-threatening diseases called opportunistic infections, which are caused by microbes such as viruses or bacteria that usually do not make healthy people sick.',250)" onmouseout="hideddrivetip()">HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report earlier today, AIDS
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (ah-KWY-erd im-YOON-o-de-FISH-en-see SIN-drome). A disease caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). People with AIDS are at an increased risk for developing certain cancers and for infections that usually occur only in individuals with a weak immune system.',250)" onmouseout="hideddrivetip()">AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), which operates the largest community-based alternative HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus, the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).',250)" onmouseout="hideddrivetip()">HIV and sexually transmitted disease
Any infection spread by the transmission of organisms from person to person during sexual contact.',250)" onmouseout="hideddrivetip()">sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing program in California, conducting more that 15,000 tests annually, noted that the CDC's surveillance report, which covers data from 2007, presents an unclear overall picture of the nation's epidemic
A disease that has spread rapidly through a segment of the human population in a given geographic area.',250)" onmouseout="hideddrivetip()">epidemic, but elements in the report suggest that names reporting of HIV cases and more pro-active testing appear to be working.

According to the report, there was a 15% increase in new cases of HIV/AIDS infections in 2007...