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Alternative Title:
AIDS Behav
Personal Author:
Clark, Hollie ; Babu, Aruna Surendera ; Wiewel, Ellen Weiss ; Opoku, Jenevieve ; Crepaz, Nicole
Clark, Hollie ; Babu, Aruna Surendera ; Wiewel, Ellen Weiss ; Opoku, Jenevieve ; Crepaz, Nicole Less -
Description:
Publications on diagnosed HIV infection among transgender people have been limited to state- or local-level data. We analyzed data from the National HIV Surveillance System and present results from the first national-level analysis of transgender people with diagnosed HIV infection. From 2009 to 2014, HIV surveillance jurisdictions from 45 states plus the District of Columbia identified and reported at least one case of newly diagnosed HIV infection for transgender people; jurisdictions from 5 states reported no cases for transgender people. Of 2351 transgender people with newly diagnosed HIV infection during 2009-2014, 84.0% were transgender women (male-to-female), 15.4% were transgender men (female-to-male), and 0.7% were additional gender identity (e.g., gender queer, bi-gender). Over half of both transgender women (50.8%; 1002/1974) and men (58.4%; 211/361) with newly diagnosed HIV infection were non-Hispanic black/African American. Improvements in data collection methods and quality are needed to gain a better understanding of HIV burden among transgender people.
Subject:
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Adolescent
Adult
Ethnicity
Female
Gender Identity
HIV Infections
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Population Surveillance
Residence Characteristics
Transgender Persons
Transsexualism
Young Adult

Source:
AIDS Behav. 21(9):2774-2783
Pubmed ID:
28035497
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5491368
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:d2c838a59cb3d39cc0851ee04d5bad6c7866aba7c1232291c0eefcba7254a507
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