HIV/AIDS in U.S. Communities of Color
By Valerie Stone, Bisola Ojikutu, M. Keith Rawlings, Kimberly Y. Smith

* Number Of Pages: 310
* Publication Date: 2009-06-10

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More people in communities of color are contracting, living with, and being treated for HIV/AIDS than ever before. In 2005, 71% of new AIDS cases were diagnosed in people of color. The rate of HIV infection in the African-American community alone has increased from 25% of total cases diagnosed in 1985 to 50% in 2005.