Kaposi Sarcoma Rates Among Persons Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the United States: 2008-2016.

Qianlai LuoAnna Satcher JohnsonH Irene HallElizabeth K CahoonMeredith S Shiels

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)

KS incidence rates among PLWH have decreased nationally between 2008 and 2016. Though there were no statistically significant increases in KS rates in any demographic or geographic group, nondecreasing/stagnant KS trends in some states and among younger and black PLWH highlight the need for early diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection.

Keyphrases

human immunodeficiency virus
antiretroviral therapy
hepatitis c virus
hiv infected
hiv aids
risk factors
hiv positive