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Some STDs, especially rectal gonorrhea and syphilis, are a risk marker for HIV acquisition . As of 2011, approximately 16% of the estimated 1.2 million persons with HIV infection in the United States are unaware of their infection (Monitoring Selected National HIV Prevention and Care Objectives by Using HIV Surveillance DataCdc-pdf). Knowledge of HIV-infection status has important clinical implications, because HIV infection alters the immune system and thereby affects the diagnosis, evaluatio […]