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| US HIV rate 'higher than thought' | US HIV rate 'higher than thought' |
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| The number of Americans infected with the HIV virus each year is much higher than current government estimates, US health officials have said. | The number of Americans infected with the HIV virus each year is much higher than current government estimates, US health officials have said. |
| The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said 56,000 people had become infected with the virus that causes Aids in 2006. | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said 56,000 people had become infected with the virus that causes Aids in 2006. |
| That is substantially more than the earlier annual estimate of 40,000. | That is substantially more than the earlier annual estimate of 40,000. |
| However, the CDC said the rise was due to improved detection methods, rather than an increase in infections. | However, the CDC said the rise was due to improved detection methods, rather than an increase in infections. |
| For the first time, new blood tests can tell how recently an HIV infection occurred, allowing researchers to pinpoint the year it happened. | For the first time, new blood tests can tell how recently an HIV infection occurred, allowing researchers to pinpoint the year it happened. |
| The increase is also thought to be due to new statistical methods. | The increase is also thought to be due to new statistical methods. |
| HIV/AIDS IN THE US 1.1 million people with HIV/Aids at end 200324%-27% unaware of being infected56,000 news cases in 200653% of new infections in 2006 occurred in gay and bisexual menAfrican American men and women were also strongly affected Source: CDC Mixed results in Aids battle | HIV/AIDS IN THE US 1.1 million people with HIV/Aids at end 200324%-27% unaware of being infected56,000 news cases in 200653% of new infections in 2006 occurred in gay and bisexual menAfrican American men and women were also strongly affected Source: CDC Mixed results in Aids battle |
| The CDC's Richard Wolitski said the 2006 incidence estimate "reveals that the epidemic is, and has been, worse than previously estimated". | The CDC's Richard Wolitski said the 2006 incidence estimate "reveals that the epidemic is, and has been, worse than previously estimated". |
| The group added that the annual number of new infections was never as low as 40,000, and that it has been roughly stable since the late 1990s. | The group added that the annual number of new infections was never as low as 40,000, and that it has been roughly stable since the late 1990s. |
| The CDC described the findings as a "wake-up call that the US HIV/Aids epidemic is far from over". | The CDC described the findings as a "wake-up call that the US HIV/Aids epidemic is far from over". |
| "The new estimates underscore the need to expand access to HIV prevention to gay and bisexual men, especially younger men, and to expand access to African-American men and women as well," Dr Wolitski added. | "The new estimates underscore the need to expand access to HIV prevention to gay and bisexual men, especially younger men, and to expand access to African-American men and women as well," Dr Wolitski added. |
| The executive director of the National Alliance of State and Territorial Aids Directors, Julie Scofield, told the Associated Press news agency: "This is the biggest news for public health and HIV/Aids that we've had in a while." | The executive director of the National Alliance of State and Territorial Aids Directors, Julie Scofield, told the Associated Press news agency: "This is the biggest news for public health and HIV/Aids that we've had in a while." |
| The revised estimated and the methodology behind it are due to be presented at the opening of an international Aids conference in Mexico City on Sunday. | |
| Ahead of the meeting, thousands of activists marched through the city to protest at discrimination against people with HIV. |