作者: James D Heffelfinger , S Michele Owen , R Michael Hendry , Amy Lansky
DOI: 10.2217/FVL.11.114
关键词: Cornerstone 、 Family medicine 、 Adult population 、 Hiv testing 、 Health care 、 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 、 Public health 、 Hiv transmission 、 Medicine 、 Serostatus 、 Immunology
摘要: An estimated 1.2 million persons in the USA are infected with HIV, of whom approximately 20% unaware they infected. HIV testing and knowledge serostatus have important individual public health benefits, including reduction morbidity, mortality transmission. Although is necessary first step to prevention, more than half US adult population has never been tested for HIV. However, this proportion increasing due revised national recommendations make a routine part healthcare, expansion efforts at local, state levels, progress development adoption new technologies. In article, we describe essential role as prevention strategy, examine recent advances technologies implementation, identify future directions USA.