WASHINGTON, April 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said doctors should screen all adolescents and adults age 15-65 for HIV as well as all pregnant women.
An estimated 1.2 million persons in the United States are currently living with HIV infection, and the annual incidence of the disease is approximately 50,000 cases, but 20 percent to 25 percent of individuals living with HIV are unaware they are infected with the virus -- putting others at risk and delaying treatment for themselves.