Jon Diggs , a prevention specialist and counselor for The Evolution Project , an Atlanta-based center that offers HIV and STD prevention , treatment , and counseling , calls teens ' underestimation of risk part of the `` invisible syndrome . '' A quarter of those infected with HIV are between the ages of 15 and 24 . More than half of people with HIV do n't know they have it . Why they do n't get tested can vary widely . A lifestyle of abstinence does not work for all teens and young adults .
A quarter of those infected with HIV are between the ages of 15 and 24 . More than half of people with HIV do n't know they have it . Why they do n't get tested can vary widely . A lifestyle of abstinence does not work for all teens and young adults .