1993 revised classification system for HIV infection and expanded surveillance case definition for AIDS among adolescents and adults.
The classification system for HIV infection is revised to emphasize the clinical importance of the CD4+ T-lymphocyte count in the categorization of HIV-related clinical conditions and the AIDS surveillance case definition is expanded.
AIDS in Africa: an epidemiologic paradigm
Prevention and control of HIV infection through educational programs and blood bank screening should be an immediate public health priority for all African countries.
The evolving epidemiology of HIV/AIDS
- K. D. de Cock, H. Jaffe, J. Curran
- MedicineAIDS (London)
- 19 June 2012
The most promising interventions are male circumcision for prevention of female-to-male transmission and use of ART to reduce infectiousness, but the extent to which these interventions can be brought to scale will determine their population-level impact.
The epidemiology of AIDS: current status and future prospects.
Infection with HTLV-III/LAV is considerably more common than reported AIDS in high-risk populations and can persist at least for several years, so the presence of specific antibody should be considered presumptive evidence of current infection.
Epidemiology of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States.
- J. Curran, H. Jaffe, A. Hardy, W. M. Morgan, R. Selik, T. Dondero
- MedicineScience
- 5 February 1988
In 1986, reported AIDS deaths increased adult male and female mortality in the United States by an estimated 0.7 and 0.07%, respectively, with much greater increases in selected age groups or areas of the country.
Molecular Epidemiology of HIV Transmission in a Dental Practice
- C. Ou, C. Ciesielski, H. Jaffe
- Medicine, BiologyScience
- 22 May 1992
Comparative genetic analyses showed that the viruses from the dentist and five dental patients were closely related, and indicated that these patients became infected with HIV while receiving care from a dentist with AIDS.
Prevalence of the human immunodeficiency virus among university students.
- H. Gayle, R. Keeling, J. Curran
- MedicineNew England Journal of Medicine
- 29 November 1990
HIV infection is present on U.S. university campuses, although the rate appears to be far lower than that of populations known to be at high risk, and preventive measures are needed.
Cluster of cases of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Patients linked by sexual contact.
- D. Auerbach, W. Darrow, H. Jaffe, J. Curran
- Medicine, PsychologyAmerican Journal of Medicine
- 1 March 1984
Reflections on 30 years of AIDS.
- K. D. de Cock, H. Jaffe, J. Curran
- Political Science, MedicineEmerging Infectious Diseases
- 1 June 2011
Features of the epidemic, including the zoonotic origin of HIV and its spread through global travel, are central to the concept of emerging infectious diseases and new models of global health and new global partnerships developed.
National case-control study of Kaposi's sarcoma and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in homosexual men: Part 1. Epidemiologic results.
Certain aspects of a lifestyle shared by a subgroup of the male homosexual population are associated with an increased risk of Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia.
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