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The number of American adults tested for H.I.V., the virus that
causes AIDS, reached a record high in 2009, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.

Nonetheless, about 55 percent of all adults — and about 28 percent
of all people who are at higher risk for getting infected —
have still never been tested.

Starting in 2006, the disease centers began urging doctors
to order H.I.V. tests as part of routine blood work for all patients.
Success has been modest; the percentage of all adults who have ever
had a test rose only to 45 percent after years of holding steady at
40 percent.

Almost one-third of people who learn they are infected find out
only when they fall seriously ill, the disease centers said, meaning
they have presumably infected others during that time and have also
missed the opportunity to get treatment.

Category:Aliya Leigh Live - Podcast -- posted at: 11:32pm EDT
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