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. 2017 Sep;21(9):2774-2783.
doi: 10.1007/s10461-016-1656-7.

Diagnosed HIV Infection in Transgender Adults and Adolescents: Results from the National HIV Surveillance System, 2009-2014

Hollie Clark  1 , Aruna Surendera Babu  2 , Ellen Weiss Wiewel  3 , Jenevieve Opoku  4 , Nicole Crepaz  5
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Diagnosed HIV Infection in Transgender Adults and Adolescents: Results from the National HIV Surveillance System, 2009-2014

Hollie Clark et al. AIDS Behav. 2017 Sep.

Abstract
in English, Spanish

Publications on diagnosed HIV infection among transgender people have been limited to state- or local-level data. We analyzed data from the National HIV Surveillance System and present results from the first national-level analysis of transgender people with diagnosed HIV infection. From 2009 to 2014, HIV surveillance jurisdictions from 45 states plus the District of Columbia identified and reported at least one case of newly diagnosed HIV infection for transgender people; jurisdictions from 5 states reported no cases for transgender people. Of 2351 transgender people with newly diagnosed HIV infection during 2009-2014, 84.0% were transgender women (male-to-female), 15.4% were transgender men (female-to-male), and 0.7% were additional gender identity (e.g., gender queer, bi-gender). Over half of both transgender women (50.8%; 1002/1974) and men (58.4%; 211/361) with newly diagnosed HIV infection were non-Hispanic black/African American. Improvements in data collection methods and quality are needed to gain a better understanding of HIV burden among transgender people.

Las publicaciones sobre el diagnóstico de la infección por VIH entre personas transgénero se han limitado a los datos estatales o locales. Analizamos los datos del Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia del VIH y presentamos los resultados del primer análisis a nivel nacional de personas transgénero con diagnóstico de infección por VIH. Del 2009 al 2014, las jurisdicciones de vigilancia del VIH de 45 estados más el Distrito de Columbia identificaron y reportaron al menos un caso de infección de VIH recientemente diagnosticada en personas transgénero; Jurisdicciones de 5 estados no reportaron casos en personas transgénero. De las 2.351 personas transgénero con infección por el VIH recién diagnosticada durante el perıodo 2009–2014, el 84,0% eran mujeres transgénero (hombre a mujer), el 15,4% hombres transgéneros (mujer a hombre) y el 0,7% (género queer, bi-género). Más de la mitad de las mujeres (50,8%; 1002/1974) y los hombres (58,4%; 211/361) transgénero con infección por el VIH recientemente diagnosticada eran negros/afroamericanos. Se necesitan mejoras en los métodos de recopilación de datos y en la calidad de los datos para comprender mejor la cantidad de VIH en la población transgénero.

Keywords: AIDS; Blacks/African Americans; HIV; Hispanics or Latinos; Surveillance; Transgender.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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