40% of U.S. population has been tested for HIV

By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer 9:12 PM PDT, August 7, 2008


However, 250,000 are infected and don't know it, according to new data released by the CDC. Efforts to increase screening are underway.

Just over 40% of the adult U.S. population has been screened at least once for HIV, but a quarter of a million people are infected and don't know it, government researchers said Thursday.

About 10% of the population gets an HIV test each year -- a figure that has remained stable since 2000 despite efforts to increase testing -- according to a report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...Continued

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