title: The surveillance of HIV-1 infection and AIDS in England and Wales. PHLS AIDS Centre.
abstract: Comprehensive surveillance is necessary for effective and efficient primary prevention as well as appropriate resource allocation for patient care. The surveillance of HIV-1 infections and AIDS in England and Wales is based upon voluntary confidential reporting by clinicians of AIDS cases and deaths in HIV-1 infected persons without AIDS, monitoring of named HIV-1 tests through laboratory reports and a special collaborative laboratory study. In addition an unlinked anonymous HIV-1 prevalence monitoring programme has been developed recently to provide a more accurate picture of the evolving epidemic.
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission; D002423:Cause of Death; D003219:Confidentiality; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence / Q000639:trends*; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology