The high prevalence of undiagnosed infection among MSM really underscores CDC's recommendation that all at risk MSM test for HIV at least annually.
"I haven't seen them so borderline - they usually have more life," said Dr. Miller, as the skeletal girl, suffering from severe malnutrition and an undiagnosed infection, lay on the ground wrapped in blue plastic, the equivalent here of a sheet in an urban hospital.
In the first month, six people died of undiagnosed infections.
It is estimated that one in ten people in the API community have an undiagnosed infection.
It is not surprising that gonococcal eye infection in newborn babies, a good measure of undiagnosed infection in a community, is extremely prevalent.
Formerly a football star at The Ohio State University, Nathan retired after shattering his kneecap and having his leg amputated due to an undiagnosed infection.
More HIV testing may have lead to more diagnoses (i.e., a decrease in undiagnosed infections, which we saw with the release of the recent HIV prevalence data).
Others argue that due to the large number of cases of undiagnosed infections HIV testing must be introduced via "anonymous surveillance and voluntary counselling and testing in order to reduce transmission".
Similarly, infection control measures are most effective when Standard Precautions (health care) are applied because undiagnosed infection is common.