TY - JOUR
T1 - Implications of the revised surveillance definition
T2 - AIDS among New York City drug users
AU - Des Jarlais, D. C.
AU - Wenston, J.
AU - Friedman, S. R.
AU - Sotheran, J. L.
AU - Maslansky, R.
AU - Marmor, M.
AU - Yancovitz, S.
AU - Beatrice, S.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has proposed revising the AIDS surveillance definition to include any HIV-seropositive person with a CD4 cell count of less than 200 cells per microliter. Based on a study of persons receiving treatment for HIV infection, this new definition would lead to an estimated 50% increase in the number of persons recognized as living with AIDS. Among 440 HIV-seropositive research subjects recruited from drug treatment programs and through street outreach in New York City, 59 met this definition, yet only 25% of those had been reported to the New York City AIDS registry. The new definition, if combined with HIV and T-cell testing at drug treatment and street outreach programs, could thus yield very large increases in the number of injecting drug users meeting the new surveillance definition of AIDS.
AB - The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has proposed revising the AIDS surveillance definition to include any HIV-seropositive person with a CD4 cell count of less than 200 cells per microliter. Based on a study of persons receiving treatment for HIV infection, this new definition would lead to an estimated 50% increase in the number of persons recognized as living with AIDS. Among 440 HIV-seropositive research subjects recruited from drug treatment programs and through street outreach in New York City, 59 met this definition, yet only 25% of those had been reported to the New York City AIDS registry. The new definition, if combined with HIV and T-cell testing at drug treatment and street outreach programs, could thus yield very large increases in the number of injecting drug users meeting the new surveillance definition of AIDS.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.82.11.1531
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.82.11.1531
M3 - Article
C2 - 1359800
AN - SCOPUS:0026482197
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 82
SP - 1531
EP - 1533
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 11
ER -