What Percentage Of People With Hiv Get Aids

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Percentage of People Living With AIDS at Time of HIV Diagnosis Higher in Rural Areas of Japan, Study Says

The percentage of people in Japan who already have progressed to AIDS when they are newly diagnosed as being HIV-positive is higher in rural areas than in urban areas -- a finding that highlights the discrepancies in the country's HIV/AIDS control... Read more »

Small Percentage of HIV-Positive People Who Need Antiretrovirals in Indonesia Receiving Them, Official Says

Despite a steady increase in the number of HIV-positive people receiving antiretroviral treatment in Indonesia, only about 15,000 of the estimated 200,000 HIV-positive people in the country are receiving the drugs, Samsuridjal Djauzi, chair of the... Read more »

Maryland Prisons Have Highest Percentage of AIDS Cases Nationwide, DOJ Report Says

Prisons in Maryland have the highest percentage of inmates living with AIDS nationwide, according to a study by the Department of Justice , the Baltimore Sun reports. The study is based on statistics from 41 states at the end of 2005. The study... Read more »

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HIV/AIDS Percentage in USA

What is the percentage of persons in the USA that have HIV/AIDS? And what rank is the United States on a global scale?...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

This was a test question I included last week on a test to second year medical students (if you are one of my students, No Cheating!). There are about 40 million people with HIV worldwide and about 1 million in the US. As a nation, the US ranked 65... Read more »

What percentage of immune system differentiates between HIV and AIDS

I have heard that if the immune system is 20% or lower, then a person with HIV is considered to have AIDS. Is this true?...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

The definition of AIDS in someone diagnosed with HIV infection is a CD4 count < 200 or < 14%.... Read more »

What percentage of people develops Lipodystrophy? II

What percentage of people (on HAARt - d4t, 3tc and Sustiva) develops Lipodystrophy?Robert...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Many factors influence development of lipodystrophy including age, time with HIV, history of AIDS, degree of HIV control and immune recovery as well as the choice of medications and how long the meds have been used. Certainly patients on your... Read more »

what are the percentage?

Hi Dr. Feinberg, can you tell me please what is the percentages of people who are newly infected with HIV will having symptoms durning their seroconvert peroid? thanks.....

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

No one knows for certain, but figures usually tossed around range from 30-50%.... Read more »

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Looking for people to interview with HIV or AIDS

Posted by Anonymous

Hi,
I am writing a series of articles about AIDS and HIV infections aimed at college students in Pullman and Moscow Idaho. Many students feel their risk of catching such a disease in a small town is virtually non-existant. I have had difficulty... 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 »

I want to talk to people with HIV/AIDS

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hello

My name is colleen and I am 16 years old and I want people with AIDS to tell there story. I love to hear it. I am intrested in what they have gone through and how they feel.

Coolleen

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People of Color and HIV/AIDS

Posted by Jgrimes

I am a graduate student looking to hear more about the experiences of People of Color and HIV/AIDS. I am wondering if you notice more of a stigma because of race, differences in availability to treatments, communty/family acceptance...really... Read more »

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