Special Considerations in the Management of HIV-Infected Patients From Minority Communities
Summary
- Blacks and Latinos have a higher risk of acquiring HIV than the rest of the US population
- HIV-positive blacks and Latinos are approximately 8 times and 2 times, respectively, more likely to die than white patients with HIV/AIDS in the United States[NCHS]
- Decreases in mortality that have occurred with the availability of effective ART have been smaller in blacks than in other racial groups[CDC 2010c]
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