National HIV Case Reporting for the United States — A Defining Moment in the History of the Epidemic

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Abstract
Reporting of patients with AIDS by name (AIDS surveillance) has until now formed the cornerstone of the nation's efforts to monitor and characterize the epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. AIDS surveillance tracked the growth of the disease from a small number of cases in a few large cities on the East and West coasts to a national epidemic and a leading cause of death among persons 25 to 44 years of age.1 AIDS surveillance focuses on the most advanced stage of HIV disease, which — in the absence of effective treatment — develops on average 10 years after . . .