This book examines the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States using the concept of syndemics to contextualize the risk of both well-known, and a few lesser-known, subpopulations that experience disproportionately high rates of HIV and/or AIDS within the United States. Since discovery, HIV/AIDS has exposed a number of social, psychological, and biological aspects of disease transmission. The concept of syndemics, or synergistically interacting epidemics has emerged as a powerful framework for understanding both the epidemiological patterns and the myriad of problems associated with HIV/AIDS...