Caring for People with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
- 24 December 1998
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 339 (26) , 1926-1928
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199812243392610
Abstract
The good news continues in the battle against AIDS. In the United States, the age-adjusted death rate among people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 1997 was less than 40 percent of what it was in 1995.1,2 The 16,685 deaths in 1997 represent the lowest annual total in nearly a decade. That is still 16,685 deaths too many, but it is in marked contrast to the record of 43,115 deaths due to AIDS in 1995. Not only has mortality from AIDS decreased, but so has the incidence of AIDS among those who have HIV infection. Unfortunately, the incidence of . . .Keywords
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