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Description:In 2017, 38,281 people were newly diagnosed with HIV in the United States.1 Many of these new infections occur following exposure to HIV from people who are infected but not receiving medical care.2 Some of these people have not yet been diagnosed, others have been diagnosed but were never linked to HIV medical care, and still others were linked to HIV medical care but were subsequently lost to medical follow- up. The most critical challenge for HIV prevention is to identify people with HIV infection who are not in care, help them access care so they can receive treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART), and help them remain in care. Achieving viral suppression while in care is key to improving health outcomes; once sustained viral suppression is achieved, there is effectively no risk of sexually transmitting HIV.
Partner services is a key strategy for identifying people with HIV infection—those with undiagnosed infection and those with previously diagnosed infection who are not receiving HIV medical care—and helping them access care and treatment. All persons with newly diagnosed HIV infection should receive partner services to help them identify sex and needle-sharing partners who may also be infected or may be at very high risk for becoming infected.3 These partners can then be notified of their potential exposure and offered HIV testing. Those who test positive for HIV can then be linked to HIV medical care and other services.
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