Post-migration HIV acquisition among african immigrants in the U.S.

Background: African immigrants in the U.S. are more likely to have a late HIV diagnosis than U.

HIV/AIDS among African-born residents in the United States.

The number of African-born residents living in the United States (US) increased by more than 750 % between 1980 and 2009. HIV diagnosis rates in this population are six times higher than estimated incidence in the general US population. African-immigrants with HIV are also diagnosed at later stages of infection than US-born residents, but they paradoxically have lower mortality after diagnosis.