Full report: HIV infection in the United States household population: Aged 18–49 years: Results from 1999–2006

(30 January 2008: VIDYYA MEDICAL NEWS SERVICE) -- Measurement of HIV prevalence in a nationally representative sample of the United States population provides an understanding of the background level of infection in the general household population aged 18–49 years as well as in demographic subgroups. This information can also be used to monitor trends in infection in the household population over time.

Other public health surveillance systems address the impact of HIV infection among high risk groups including the homeless and prisoners that are not included in surveys of the general household population.

The combination of information from these surveillance systems with estimates from surveys of the general household population provides a more complete picture of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States. Read the full report: http://www.vidyya.com/11pdfs/db04.pdf

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