CONTEXT: Each year, millions of US youth acquire sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Estimates of the economic burden of STDs can help to quantify the impact of STDs on the …

Background. Most persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in the United
States present to care with advanced disease, and many patients discontinue therapy …

Background. Treatment initiation at the time of primary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
type 1 (HIV-1) infection has become less frequent in recent years. Methods. In the French …

Verifying immunization status and updating vaccinations are important steps in the
evaluation of patients who are solid-organ transplant candidates because the potential …

Background: Assessing the economic burden of HIV/AIDS can help to quantify the effect of
the epidemic on a population and assist policy makers in allocating public health resources …

PURPOSE: Effective antiretroviral therapies have improved the prognosis for patients
infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We aimed to estimate the likelihood …

BACKGROUND: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines recommend
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) counseling, testing, and referral for all patients in …

Abstract Background. The United States and international agencies have signaled their
commitment to containing the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic via early case …

Background Only 33% of eligible human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–infected patients in
South Africa receive antiretroviral therapy (ART). We sought to estimate the impact of …

Background: The optimal threshold for initiating HIV treatment is unclear. Objective: To
compare different thresholds for initiating HIV treatment. Design: A validated computer …