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Age and Age Groups
AIDS
Cases
Confidence Interval (CI)
Cumulative Quarterly Data
Diagnoses
Gender
Geography
HIV
Incidence
Knowledge of Status
Linkage to Care
Preliminary Data
PrEP
Provisional Data
Relative Standard Error (RSE)
Sex
Transgender
Transmission Category
Viral Suppression
Knowledge of Status
Knowledge (or awareness) of HIV-positive status occurs when a person with HIV is tested and diagnosed with HIV infection. Getting tested and knowing one’s HIV serostatus are entry points for an individual to receive either HIV prevention services (if HIV negative) or HIV medical care (if HIV positive), both of which are important to staying healthy and limiting the spread of HIV.