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According to a different research reported now in the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia, the rate of recent diagnoses of hiv (HIV) in the U.S. fell 33.2 percent from 2002 to 2011.
The research, also published this week in the latest publication of the Journal from the American Medical Association, indicates an overall average reduction of 4 percent a year within the 10-year period. According to the data, collected from all 50 states and also the District of Columbia, 493,372 people in the U.S. were reportedly diagnosed with HIV from 2002 to 2011. In 2002, diagnosing rate per 100,000 people was 24.1, which fell to 16.1 per 100,000 individuals 2011. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there were approximately 35 million people living with HIV worldwide in 2013.
The researchers are convinced that significant decreases in diagnosis rates put together in virtually every demographic population, with the largest changes noticed in women, people ages 35 to 44 and those of multiple race.
However, the research did show and increase of HIV infection among males under the age of 24 and over the age of 55. The largest reported increase of 132.5 percent was among teenagers ages 13 to 24.
Study authors acknowledge their findings are restricted by possible alterations in HIV testing patterns.
“The HIV testing services were expanded during the analysis period and early outcomes of testing initiatives often indicate increases in diagnoses until some degree of testing saturation occurs,” the authors, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “Our study found overall decreases in annual diagnosis rates despite the implementation of testing initiatives throughout analysis.”
Though there’s been talk recently of a possible burglary a cure for HIV, researchers are now centered on obtaining the disease into remission to limit the spread to others. Based on estimates, antiretroviral therapies can help reduce the virus inside a person’s system, lowering the possibility of spreading the infection up to 96 percent.
Dr. Catherine Creticos, infectious disease specialist at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago, said this news of the decrease is welcome and “absolutely wonderful.” The decrease follows previously reported worldwide trends, though those statistics weren’t necessarily as impressive, she says.
“We’re getting good people on care, which lowers the amount of people who are being infected,” Dr. Creticos says. “We are visiting a lot of young adults continue to be HIV have contracted HIV. At this age, there is a feeling of invincibility-‘It’s not going to take place in my experience.'”
With the successful use of antiretroviral therapies, HIV has turned into a chronic condition, as opposed to the death sentence it was 3 decades ago, she says. “Complacency has occur. People think, ‘If I recieve HIV, I’ll just have to take the medicine.'”
In addition, Dr. Creticos says she sees an extended sense of inevitability among gay men, which might increase risky behavior. This could explain the rise in infections among men older than 55, she says. “They believe that it will likely be there throughout their lives, so it’s something they’ll also have to take into consideration. They believe that they’re going to end up infected, anyway, so why be worried about it.”
Dr. Creticos says she’s still seeing many new HIV diagnoses every week in her practice, that is located close to the heart of Chicago’s traditionally gay neighborhood.
