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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Prevalence=== | ===Prevalence=== | ||
*The prevalence on cryptococcosis is hard to establish. | |||
*Among HIV patients in the United States, the prevalence of cryptococcal antigenemia is approximately 2.9%, indicating that the prevalence of cryptococcal infection among HIV patients in the US may be high enough to consider targeted screening. | |||
===Incidence=== | ===Incidence=== | ||
*Nationally representative estimates for the incidence of cryptococcosis are difficult to establish because cryptococcosis is only reportable in a few states. | *Nationally representative estimates for the incidence of cryptococcosis are difficult to establish because cryptococcosis is only reportable in a few states. |
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Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence
- The prevalence on cryptococcosis is hard to establish.
- Among HIV patients in the United States, the prevalence of cryptococcal antigenemia is approximately 2.9%, indicating that the prevalence of cryptococcal infection among HIV patients in the US may be high enough to consider targeted screening.
Incidence
- Nationally representative estimates for the incidence of cryptococcosis are difficult to establish because cryptococcosis is only reportable in a few states.
- Results from active, population-based surveillance in two US locations in the year 2000 indicated that the annual incidence of cryptococcosis among persons with AIDS was between 2 and 7 cases per 1,000
- The overall incidence is estimated to be 0.4 to 1.3 cases per 100,000 population yearly.