80% of HIV infections come from people who are unaware of their disease

A recent US study found that 80% of HIV cases in the United States are attributable to people who are unaware of the virus or to people who know their condition and have not received treatment.

The statistics, released Monday by US health authorities, aim to show the importance of the strategy recently announced by US President Donald Trump to end the epidemic in the next ten years in the country. Immediately and immediately after the test results.

The study, based on 2016 data, revealed that 38% of cases came from people who did not know that they were infected and that 43% belonged to people who knew their state of health but who had not been processed, a total of about 80%.

The remaining 20% ​​comes from people who have been treated, but the virus remains at a detectable level, mainly for physical, social or other reasons that prevents them from taking antiretroviral therapy.

Homosexuals remain the most vulnerable group, accounting for more than half of infections in the country: three quarters of new infections are due to sex between men and 5% of injuries are due to the use of syringes at homosexuals.

The highest infection rate is among young people, especially 13-24 year olds.

The Trump government has offered new funding of $ 291 million for the next fiscal year to give a new impetus to the epidemic, which affects 39,000 people in the United States since 2013. The goal is to reduce this figure is 75% in five years and 90% in ten years.