HIV/AIDS surveillance and prevention: improving the characterization of HIV transmission.
By focusing on the most probable mode of exposure, HIV/AIDS surveillance systems have historically been largely effective at describing how HIV is acquired in the United States. However, this analysis demonstrates that the use of the current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) risk hierarchy may be inadequate to describe recent trends in HIV acquisition by women, who continue to make up a greater number and proportion of new cases of HIV infection and AIDS both in Michigan and nationally. The authors suggest two changes to the current risk hierarchy to increase the accuracy of describing HIV acquisition: (1). a dual injecting drug users/heterosexual category; and (2). a presumed heterosexual category. They also propose that currently collected information be more thoroughly analyzed to better describe subsequent transmission from HIV infected men to their uninfected female sex partners.
Schmidt
Mark A
MA
Bureau of Epidemiology, Michigan Department of Community Health, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
Mokotoff
Eve D
ED
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000635:transmission; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000635:transmission; D020010:Heterosexuality; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000145:classification*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012747:Sexual Partners; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000821:virology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016387:Women's Health