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. 2015 Jul;169(7):619-20.
doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.58.

Time to Improve the Global Human Immunodeficiency Virus/AIDS Care Continuum for Adolescents: A Generation at Stake

Sarah M Wood  1 , Nadia Dowshen  2 , Elizabeth Lowenthal  3
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Time to Improve the Global Human Immunodeficiency Virus/AIDS Care Continuum for Adolescents: A Generation at Stake

Sarah M Wood et al. JAMA Pediatr. 2015 Jul.
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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure. Adult and Youth HIV Treatment Continuum in the Total US Population and Specific to Youth
Estimated proportions of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–infected US population as compared with youth at the various stages of the HIV treatment continuum. ART indicates antiretroviral therapy. Created based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of note, youth estimates do not include adolescents younger than 18 years. Zanoni and Mayer estimate the rate of virologic suppression among youth aged 13 to 29 years to be 6%.
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