Ten years ago the first cases of AIDS were recognized among homosexual men in the
United States. Within a relatively short period of time, it was evident that AIDS was not …

PURPOSE: To assess the completeness, validity, and timeliness of the AIDS surveillance
system after the 1993 change in the surveillance case definition. METHODS: To assess …

Despite aggressive prevention efforts,> 1 million people in the United States are currently
estimated to be living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, with or without …

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Routine screening of hospitalized patients for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
has been suggested as a method to identify undiagnosed HIV infection. To evaluate HIV …

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Purpose To estimate lifetime risk of receiving an HIV diagnosis in the United States if
existing infection rates continue. Methods We used mortality, census, and HIV surveillance …

I have been working in the HIV arena for about 25 years, and what a wild ride it's been! I
vividly remember the horrible, early days of the epidemic, when an HIV diagnosis was a …

In Reply.—Because AIDS has been diagnosed almost exclusively in members of" high-risk"
groups, physicians often do not consider the diagnosis of HTLV-III infection in individuals …

Objective: To assess the risk for transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
from an infected health care worker to patients. Design: Survey of investigators from health …