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This article discusses the problem of late HIV testing in the United States and emphasizes the importance of HIV testing, diagnosis, and treatment, soon after HIV infection and before developing AIDS, to prevent more severe illness and death and reduce HIV transmission. Findings are reported from a...

This article describes a study in which data were analyzed from the 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) to determine the extent to which adolescents are being tested for HIV. Results indicated that nationwide, 12.9 percent of all high school students had ever been tested for HIV. Testing...

This report contains surveillance data on the incidence of viral hepatitis A, B, and C in the United States. It lists the number of acute clinical cases reported, estimated number of acute clinical cases, estimated number of new infections, number of persons living with chronic infection, annual...

This report summarizes results of a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the San Francisco Department of Public Health to gather data on rectal and pharyngeal gonorrhea and chlamydia testing at screening sites managed by six gay-focused community-based organizations (CBOs) in...

This report presents data on persons infected with HIV in Guangdong Province in Southeastern China. A case-based surveillance system (CBSS) was used to collect data on persons infected with HIV, including demographic characteristics and transmission categories. With assistance from the Centers for...

This report describes the case of a cardiothoracic surgeon in Israel specializing in open-heart procedures who was found to be HIV-positive in January 2007, during evaluation for a fever of recent onset. The duration of infection was unknown. A review of the patients operated on by the infected...

This report on the uses of nucleic acid amplification (NAA) tests for diagnosis of TB is based on contributions of an expert panel of consultants convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL). The report presents the...

This report summarizes the sexually transmitted disease morbidity for Los Angeles County for 2008. It identifies trends and patterns and provides updates of Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and PID reportable STDs in the county. The report lists STD trends, including a surveillance summary of STDs...

This report presents results from an expert panel convened by CDC to examine the current status of rapid drug-resistance (DR) testing in the United States; to research published evidence and current guidelines; and to provide guidance and make recommendations to CDC for developing a system to...

This report presents estimated numbers of cases of diagnosed HIV/AIDS from the 39 areas (34 states and five US dependent areas) with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting since at least 2003. It also includes the following statistics reported to the CDC through 2007: (1) cases of HIV/AIDS...