Foreign-Born Individuals with HIV in King County, WA: A Glimpse of the Future of HIV?

To better understand country of birth-related shifts in the demography of people newly diagnosed with HIV infection, we compared demographic and clinical characteristics of foreign-born and U.S.-born residents of King County, WA diagnosed with HIV from 2006 to 2015. The proportion of cases that were...

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Published in:AIDS and behavior 2018-07, Vol.22 (7), p.2181-2188
Main Authors: Kerani, Roxanne, Bennett, Amy B., Golden, Matt, Castillo, Jocelyn, Buskin, Susan E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Black people
Demographics
Demography
Gays & lesbians
Health Psychology
Health risk assessment
Health risks
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Immigration
Infectious Diseases
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Men who have sex with men
Mens health
Noncitizens
Original Paper
Public Health
Risk factors
Sexually transmitted diseases
Sociodemographics
STD
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Summary:To better understand country of birth-related shifts in the demography of people newly diagnosed with HIV infection, we compared demographic and clinical characteristics of foreign-born and U.S.-born residents of King County, WA diagnosed with HIV from 2006 to 2015. The proportion of cases that were foreign-born increased from 23 to 34% during this time. Most foreign-born cases were born in Africa (34%), Latin America (32%), Asia (22%), or Europe (7%). Latin Americans and Asians were similar to U.S.-born individuals by HIV risk factor and gender, while Africans were more likely to be female and less often men who have sex with men. In 2015, approximately 15% of cases presumptively newly diagnosed in King County were foreign-born individuals who self-reported a pre-immigration HIV diagnosis. Increases in foreign-born individuals previously diagnosed out of country may lead to inaccuracy in the count of new diagnoses, including an over-estimate of community-acquired HIV in King County.
ISSN:1090-7165
1573-3254
DOI:10.1007/s10461-017-1914-3