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NEWS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS



Survival After AIDS Diagnosis in Adolescence and Adults During the Treatment Era, United States, 1984 - 1997 [Lee LM, et al. JAMA 2001;285:1308]: The authors analyzed the national HIV/AIDS surveillance system of the CDC for AIDS cases diagnosed between 1984 and 1997, with follow-up through December 1999. The results showed that the median survival time improved from 11 months for those diagnosed in 1984 to 46 moths for those diagnosed in 1995. Survival time increased for each year of initial diagnosis from 1984 to 1997. There was no difference in survival based on risk, gender, or race when adjusted for year of diagnosis.
Comment: No surprises here. It is somewhat disappointing that the analysis is through December 1999; one would hope for more recent information for a disease that has moved so fast during the past five years. The data for race and ethnic groups is very reassuring and represents a tribute to the Ryan White Care Act.
posted 3/23/2001





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