2010 Articles

AIDS in America — Forgotten but Not Gone

El-Sadr, Wafaa Mahmoud; Mayer, Kenneth H.; Hodder, Sally L.

Over the past decade, limited attention has been paid to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in the United States. The global epidemic — particularly the epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa, where approximately two thirds of the world's population living with AIDS resides — has rightfully received most of the focus. Meanwhile, however, the prevalence of HIV infection within some U.S. populations now rivals that in some sub-Saharan African countries.