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US government to release revised US HIV estimates
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-07-23 13:38 In June, Fauci said the new counting methods were not changing the overall picture of AIDS in America, but reflected the long-standing rate of new infections. In the United States, with a population of about 300 million, 1.1 million people are infected with HIV, of which 25 percent do not know it. Globally, an estimated 33.2 million people are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS and 25 million have died so far. It is mainly transmitted through heterosexual sex but also mother to child and via needles. Knowing the precise number of new infections is key to better funding for clinics, public education and drug programs. HIV has no cure and there is no vaccine, but treatment with drugs can keep the infection under control and people who know they are infected can take steps to avoid infecting others. |
