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    New multi-year data show annual HIV infections in U.S. relatively stable: Alarming increase among young, black gay and bisexual men requires urgent action
    (2011) Centers for Disease Control , and Prevention
    The CDC’s first multi-year estimates from its national HIV incidence surveillance find that overall, the annual number of new HIV infections in the United States was relatively stable at approximately 50,000 new infections each year between 2006 and 2009. However, HIV infections increased among young men who have sex with men (MSM) between 2006 and 2009, driven by alarming increases among young, black MSM – the only subpopulation to experience a sustained increase during the time period. The new estimates were published today in the online scientific journal PLoS ONE. The incidence estimates are based on direct measurement of new HIV …
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    CDC Fact Sheet: Highlights of CDC Activities Addressing HIV Prevention Among African American Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men
    (2011) Centers for Disease Control , and Prevention
    Among MSM in 2009, white MSM represented the largest number of new HIV infections (11,400),followed closely by black/African American MSM(10,800) and Hispanic MSM (6,000). Among all men in 2009, MSM accounted for 86% of new infections among white men, 73% of new infectionamong black/African American men and 81% of new infections among Hispanic men. Young black/African American MSM aged 13-29 are especially affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. While HIV incidence was relatively stable among MSM overall from 2006 through 2009, CDC estimates that new HIV infections among black/African American MSM aged 13 to 29 increased 48% during that four-year time period, with a statistically significant 12.2% estimated annual percentage increase.
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    CDC Fact Sheet: Estimates of New HIV Infections in the United States, 2006–2009
    (2011) Centers for Disease Control , and Prevention
    In August 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new estimates of the annual number of new HIV infections (HIV incidence) in the United States. The estimates, for 2006 through 2009, are the first multi-year estimates using CDC’s national HIV incidence surveillance methodology, which is based on direct measurement of new HIV infections using a laboratory test (the BED HIV-1 Capture Enzyme Immunoassay) that can classify new diagnoses as either recent or long-standing HIV infections. The estimates were published online in the scientific journal PLoS ONE (http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017502). The new estimates suggest that overall HIV incidence in the United States has been relatively stable at approximately 50,000 annual infections between 2006 and 2009. Each year, the largest number of new HIV infections was among white men who have sex with men (MSM)* followed closely by black MSM. Hispanic MSM and black women were also heavily affected. Over the four year period, new HIV infections appear to be relatively stable among all populations except young MSM. The overall increase among young MSM was driven by a 48 percent increase in HIV infections among young black MSM during the four-year time period.