1. Increases in Recent HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Coincide With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Expanded Testing Initiative
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Tamika Hoyte, DeAnn Gruber, Travis Wendel, Nikhil Prachand, Alia Al-Tayyib, Laura Salazar, Maria Courogen, Jeff Todd, Sally D'Errico, Gabriel Cardenas, Alan Neaigus, Richard Burt, Praveen Pannala, Debbie Isenberg, Frangiscos Sifakis, Hanne Thiede, Irene Kuo, Greg Bautista, Karen MacMaster, Veronica Tovar, Yujiang Jia, Barbara Bolden, Jim Dyer, Marie Sansone, Maura Driscoll, Marcia Wolverton, Dano Beck, David W. Forrest, Sandra Miranda De Leo'n, Henry Godette, Melissa Marzan, Tom Jaenicke, Manya Magnus, Jenevieve Opoku, Richard Yeager, Andrea Sifferman, Lou C. Smith, Helene Cross, Althea Kirkland, Jan M. H. Risser, Chris Wittke, Danielle German, Afework Wogayehu, Shane Sheu, Ralph Wilmoth, Sharon Melville, H. Fisher Raymond, Vivian Griffin, Jennifer Taussig, Colin Flynn, Alicia Novoa, Kathleen A. Brady, Marlene LaLota, Ekow Kwa Sey, Narquis Barak, Jianglan Z. White, Samuel Jenness, Elizabeth Hurwitz, Paige Padgett, Nanette Benbow, Mark Thrun, Kathleen H. Reilly, Vanessa Miguelino-Keasling, Carol-Ann Watson, Cyprian Wejnert, Tiffany West, Laura A. Cooley, Gabriela Paz-Bailey, Al Velasco, Yadira Rolón-Colón, Robert Gern, Chris Murrill, Lisa R. Metsch, Emily Higgins, Holly Hagan, Trista Bingham, Hafeez Rehman, Aaron Sayegh, Charles E. Rose, Chris Nemeth, William T. Robinson, Bridget J. Anderson, Eve Mokotoff, and Rose Doherty
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Microbiology (medical) ,Gerontology ,Male ,media_common.quotation_subject ,HIV screen ,Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ,HIV Infections ,Hiv testing ,medicine.disease_cause ,Men who have sex with men ,Medicine ,Humans ,Homosexuality ,Homosexuality, Male ,media_common ,business.industry ,virus diseases ,HIV screening ,Disease control ,United States ,Government Programs ,Infectious Diseases ,HIV/AIDS ,Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S ,business ,Male Homosexuality - Abstract
According to National HIV Behavioral Surveillance system data, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing increased among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men from 2008 to 2011 in cities funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Expanded Testing Initiative, suggesting that focused HIV testing initiatives might have positive effects.
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- 2014