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Study: HIV diagnosis rate fell by a third in US over last decade, may mean fewer infections

Graphic shows annual number of HIV diagnoses.; 1c x 3 inches; 46.5 mm x 76 mm; The rate of HIV infections diagnosed in the United States each year fell by one-third over the past decade, a government study finds. "It's encouraging," said Patrick Sullivan, an Emory University AIDS researcher who was not involved in the study. It might mean fewer new infections are occurring. "It could be we are approaching something of a 'ceiling effect,'" said one study leader, David Holtgrave of Johns Hopkins University.




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