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JAMA. 2009;301(14):1428-1429.

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MMWR. 2009;58:77-81

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In the United States, black men who have sex with men (MSM) account for a disproportionate number of new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).¹ From 2001 to 2006, the number of HIV/AIDS cases among black MSM aged 13-24 years in 33 states increased 93%.² In 2006, more new AIDS cases among black MSM were diagnosed in the South* than in all other U.S. census regions combined.³ In November 2007, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported to CDC an increase in the number of young black MSM who received diagnoses of HIV infection at a sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic in Jackson, Mississippi. MSDH and CDC conducted a survey of 29 young black MSM in the three-county Jackson area who received diagnoses of HIV infection during January 2006–April 2008 to characterize risk behavior and HIV testing . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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