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Introduction: HIV/AIDS is currently a serious health problem worldwide. Adolescents constitute a group of vulnerable and exposed risk, given the characteristics of this stage; which include, among others, sexual relations at an early age and without adequate protection. Objective: To characterize the epidemiological behavior of HIV in adolescents (10-19 years) in the 2014-2016 periods. Method: Descriptive, retrospective study of all cases of adolescents diagnosed with HIV in Cuba, during the period January 2014 to December 2016. The variables studied were: age, sex, color of the skin, stage in which it is located, provinces most affected, sources of transmission, location of cases. Information was obtained from the registry of sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS of the National Epidemiology Directorate of the Ministry of Public Health. Results: The behavior of the epidemic in this stage presented a universe of 396 cases diagnosed especially in Ambulatory Care. There was male predominance (62.12%), with low figure in the group of 10 to 14years with 11 cases (2.78%). 97.22% were between 15-19 years old. The 95.45% remained in the condition of asymptomatic and 18 have developed AIDS, for 4.55%. There was a proportion of 95.5% of cases not AIDS for every 4.5% patients. There was 1fallen due to AIDS (0.25%) and the same figure for other causes. Heterosexuality predominated with 209 cases (52.78%); followed by the homobisexual for 46.97%, as the main sources of transmission. The provinces that presented the most cases were Havana and Santiago de Cuba. Conclusions: Most of the diagnosed cases are in Ambulatory Care and come from the main provinces of the country, they are heterosexual men, with the highest number of cases in the late adolescence stage (10-15years). The condition of asymptomatic in its majority can constitute a risk to continue the transmission given the possibility of taking great risks, typical of this stage of the life.