MAY 19, 2021

Southern States Improve Time to Viral Suppression Among HIV Patients

By Ethan Covey

Trends in time to viral suppression among people living with HIV in the Deep South are improving, a sign of progress for a region hard hit by the HIV epidemic, according to a presentation at the virtual CROI 2021 conference (abstract 105).

A key component of the U.S. Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative focuses geographically on 48 counties in seven states where more than 50% of new HIV diagnoses occur annually, despite making up only 38% of the national population.

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