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Annual Rates of Hospitalizaton With a Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS Among Persons aged =45 Years, by Sex–National Hospital Discharge Survey, United States, 1997–2007

This report provides statistics on annual hospitalizations estimated from hospital discharges during 1997–2007 with any listed HIV/AIDS diagnoses. From 1997-2007 a substantially higher rate of men than women aged greater than or equal to 45 years were hospitalized with a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS. Hospitalization rates for men in this age group increased from 7.7 per 10,000 in 1997 to 14.8 in 2007; rates for women in this age group increased from 1.9 per 10,000 in 1997 to 4.9 in 2007.

HIV Transmission Through Transfusion - Missouri and Colorado, 2008

This report describes the first US case of transfusion-transmitted HIV infection reported to CDC since 2002. A blood center in Missouri discovered that blood components from a donation in November 2008 tested positive for HIV infection. A lookback investigation determined that this donor had last donated in June 2008, at which time he incorrectly reported no HIV risk factors, and his donation tested negative for the presence of HIV.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Arizona: 2009 Annual Report

This report presents data provided by laboratories and medical providers to the Arizona Department of Health Services STD Control Program. It presents reported chlamydia and gonorrhea cases and case rates per 100,000 population for the years 2004 to 2009, and reported rates by age group, sex, and race/ethnicity.

Implementation of Routine HIV Testing in Health Care Settings: Issues for Community Health Centers

This report discusses community health centers (CHCs) in routine HIV testing consistent with the 2006 recommendations issued by CDC. It explains why it is important for CHCs to routinely offer HIV testing and provides general protocol elements for facility-based HIV testing, such as ensuring confidentiality, implementing alternatives to opt-out HIV testing, testing alternatives and procedures, encouraging patients to return if a confirmatory HIV test is performed, and providing test results to patients.

CDC Grand Rounds: Chlamydia Prevention: Challenges and Strategies for Reducing Disease Burden and Sequelae

This report discusses the sexually transmitted disease (STD), chlamydia, which is common among sexually active adolescents and young adults. It explains that although chlamydia may be asymptomatic, it can have serious consequences in females, including infertility; hence, the importance of chlamydia prevention. Screening females aged <25 years is ranked by the National Commission on Prevention Priorities as one of the 10 most beneficial and cost-effective prevention services, but it also is one of the most underutilized.

MMWR: Discordant Results From Reverse Sequence Syphilis Screening - Five Laboratories, United States, 2006-2010

This report describes tests of an analysis of data from five laboratories that used reverse sequence screening during 2006-2010 to identify persons with possible untreated syphilis. Three sites served patient populations with low prevalence of syphilis, and two sites served patient population with high prevalence. The results indicated that among sera reactive on initial screening with an automatable treponemal enzyme and chemiluminescence immunoassays (EIA/CIA), 56.7 percent had a nonreactive rapid plasma regain (RPR) test.

Stepwise Approach for Detecting, Evaluating, and Treating Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Federal Bureau fo Prisons Clinical Practice Guidelines

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Stepwise Approach for Detecting, Evaluating, and Treating Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection provides recommendations for the medical management of federal inmates with chronic hepatitis B, or who are otherwise at risk of infection. The treatment of chronic hepatitis B in pregnancy or with hepatocellular carcinoma is beyond the scope of this guideline. For a more in-depth discussion of vaccination strategies and management of blood and body fluid exposures, the reader should refer to the BOP Clinical Practice Guidelines for those topics.

Estimated HIV Incidence in the United States, 2006–2009

This report in the form of a journal article describes a study to estimate the size and direction of the HIV epidemic in the United States from 2006–2009. The report updated earlier estimates of HIV incidence for 2006 based on additional data and methodological refinements and extended previous results with estimates for 2007, 2008, and 2009.