By IDSE News Staff
Rates of viral suppression among 31,930 adults receiving HIV care at eight clinical sites across the United States improved from 32% in 1997 to 86% in 2015. However, these gains were not equally distributed across different demographic and clinical populations.
As HIV treatment guidelines changed to promote early antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation, and as ART regimens improved, overall rates of viral suppression rose. However, certain demographic groups, such as