Many HIV-positive Gay Men Unaware They're Infected

Many young gay and bisexual men who are HIV-positive may not know they have the virus, according to U.S. health officials in a report released this April.

Their study of more than 5,600 men between the ages of 15 and 29 found that more than three-quarters of those who tested positive for HIV were unaware they were infected. Moreover, before being tested, a majority of these men thought themselves at low risk of having the AIDS virus, and half had had unprotected sex with another man during the previous 6 months.

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