Number Of People Estimated Be Infected With Hiv In The Us

Here's a taste of what TheBody.com has to offer on this topic:

Get the Facts

Acute HIV Infection

What Is Acute HIV Infection? The amount of HIV in the blood gets very high within a few days or weeks after HIV infection. Some people get a flu-like illness. This first stage of HIV disease is called "acute HIV infection" or "primary HIV infection." About half of the people who get infected don't notice anything. Symptoms generally occur within 2 to 4 weeks. The most common symptoms are fever, fatigue, and rash. Others include headache,...

Ask the Experts

Estimate the number of wasting person with AIDS

What is the approximate percentage to be used when trying to estimate the potential number of people living with CDC-defined wasting for a specific cumulative number of people living with AIDS? Is there an estimate to be used to determine...

Response from Alvan Fisher, M.D.

Brown University School of Medicine

An important question. Afew years ago, before protease inhibitors,the estimate of wasting as the AIDS-defining diagnosis in HIV infection ranged from upwards of 20%. It was also essentially true that wasting (>10% involuntary weight loss, as the... Read more »

Can time of infection be estimated?

Is it possible to estimate with some degree of accuracy, the time that onehas been infected with hiv? I have teste positiverecently but I do not have any idea of when I got the virus. I have heardabout a "special analysis" that can provide...

Response from Cal Cohen, M.D., M.S.

Harvard Medical School

I have not heard of any blood test that can tell you when you were infected. Trying to estimate the time of infection based on your CD4 count would beclose to impossible, since people progress at very different rates and startfrom different baseline... Read more »

Number of infected??? PLease answer.

Dr. Young,I was just wondering how many people in teh USA are known to be infected with HIV??? Thank you ...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your question.The best data on this topic comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasr1402/table12.htm). Their website has a wealth of HIV-related health statistics.The CDC estimates that... Read more »

Estimated HIV

What is the source of information in estimating the number of HIV infection worldwide? It is just to do with the projected data or is there any mechanism developed?...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

I do not have a thorough understanding of how estimates of worldwide AIDS cases and HIV infection cases are arrived at since different organizations will use different techniques. For example, <a... Read more »

Go to Ask the Experts »

Connect With Others

CDC infection rates estimate.

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

The CDC estimates that half the gay population is infected with hiv. The question is how do they know they are if they have not tested?

Read more »

How many people have HIV / AIDS?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I am curious to the number of people alive in the US with HIV / AIDS. On the CDC website it states that as of Deceober a total of about 770,000 cases had been reported. Then later on it states that about 400,000 people have died. Are those... Read more »

HIV Infections ARE RISING!

Posted by bradford, 7 Replies

HIV Infections ARE RISING!

Many people still have the belief that HIV and AIDS only affects homosexuals! However, 75% of the world population infected with HIV is heterosexual. The United Nations predicts AIDS will cut population by 300 million; 300... Read more »

Mailing list for HIV(-) people who are infected

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Does anyone know the URL for the mailing list/message board for people who have been infected wih HIV for more than 1 year, yet still test negative via ELISA. For those of us who still have residual symptoms, we know how bogus these HIV/ AIDS tests... Read more »

Connect on Our Bulletin Boards »

Tools

My Health Tracker

Assess Your Risk for HIV

Find Local HIV/AIDS Services

Resource Centers

Guides for People With HIV

View All of Our Guides >>