Vital Signs: HIV Testing and Diagnosis Among Adults--United States, 2001-2009.

The article presents a report that describes the trends in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing, rates of HIV and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) diagnoses, and trends in late diagnoses of HIV infection in the U.S. The 2001-2009 data from the National Health Interview Survey was used to calculate the percentage of persons aged 18-64 years old who reported ever testing for HIV. The report found that 44.8% of persons aged 18-64 years old reported ever being tested for HIV in 2008. In 37 states, nearly 40,000 adults were diagnosed with HIV infection with mature HIV reporting systems in 2008.