HIV testing. Test today. Don't delay.: Vital signs: 2017 November/December

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  It is important for everyone to know their HIV status. Getting an HIV test is the first step for people living with HIV to get care and treatment and control the infection.* Taking HIV medicine as prescribed helps people living with HIV to live a long, healthy life and protect their sex partners from HIV. About 85% of people with HIV in the US know they have the virus. However, 15% (162,500) of people with HIV don’t know they have the virus, and about 40% of new HIV infections come from them. Half of people with HIV have had the virus 3 years or more before diagnosis. Most people at high risk who didn’t get tested last year saw a healthcare provider during the year. Everyone should get tested at least once, and people at high risk should be tested at least once a year. Healthcare providers can diagnose HIV sooner if they test more people and test people at high risk more often.
  
  2017-12-vitalsigns.pdf
  
  CS280933A
  
  
• Subjects:
  AIDS Serodiagnosis HIV Infections/diagnosis HIV Infections/epidemiology
• Series:
  Vital Signs
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  4 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0a62a554b4a0bc8a19f014f74d9e5462b06a7b9b697808c6035bc47bf28411b2f64715213bd29e24ef04349b0fda04f3469655bcd0421ba92e5d5f7a1622d38c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/49965/cdc_49965_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.87 MB ]