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984. HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Prescription Rates Among Adolescents and Young adults (AYAs) at an Urban Academic Medical Center in Newark, NJ from 2017-2019: A Quality Assessment of HIV Prevention for High Risk Youth within the Epicenter of the NJ HIV Epidemic

BACKGROUND: In 2017, 21% of new HIV diagnoses occurred in AYAs (ages 13-24), disproportionately among black and Hispanic men who have sex with men (MSM). However, only 0.1-1.5% and 9.5-15.4% of national PrEP prescriptions have been provided to AYAs under 18 and 24, respectively, with a white male ma...

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Autores principales: Paer, Jeffrey M, Mattappallil, Arun, Bentsianov, Sari, Finkel, Diana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776916/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1170