CDC VitalSigns, November 2012: HIV Among Youth in the US: Protecting a Generation

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• Alternative Title:
  HIV Among Youth in the US: Protecting a Generation
• Journal Article:
  Vital Signs
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention. Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
• Description:
  About 50,000 people are infected with HIV
  
  each year, and 1 in 4 is 13 to 24 years old.
  
  Youth make up 7% of the more than 1 million people in the US living with HIV. About 12,000 youth were infected with HIV in 2010. The greatest number of infections occurred among gay and bisexual youth. Nearly half of all new infections among youth occur in African American males.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent HIV Infections / Diagnosis HIV Infections / Epidemiology HIV Seropositivity Sexual Behavior Young Adult
• Source:
  Vital Signs: HIV Among Youth in the US: Protecting a Generation, November 2012
• Series:
  Vital Signs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5d3033961e515e28547eab741fecbbbb774233f725b929480c5fa8683ff610166d4faea6c0e4c7f44949f954f1e681ecbd6a96f4a988f22c8e88ee03c4832a7b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/258509/cdc_258509_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.58 MB ]