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HIV/AIDS Surveillance and Epidemiology News

CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - October 28, 2008 - (PDF, New Window)

Recommendations for Partner Services Programs for HIV Infection, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydial Infection.

CDPH/OA - Talking Points - MMWR, October 3, 2008 - HIV Prevalence Estimates (PDF, New Window)

CDC released estimates of HIV prevalence in the U.S. through 2006, including estimates of the numbers of individuals who are unaware of their HIV infection.

A Timeline of HIV/AIDS Surveillance Systems in California - (PDF, New Window)

CDPH/OA - Talking Points - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - September 12, 2008 - Subpopulation Estimates from the HIV Incidence Surveillance System, United States, 2006 (PDF, New Window)

Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in its recent series on revised HIV incidence estimates and HIV testing patterns.

CDC Releases New Slide Set on HIV/AIDS Diagnoses among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) (September 2008)

This slide set conveys important information on new and prevalent HIV and AIDS diagnoses among MSM in the United States through 2006.

CDC Releases Supplemental HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, by Race/Ethnicity, 2002-2006

Presents estimated numbers of cases of HIV infection, including cases of HIV infection that progressed to AIDS.

CDPH/OA - Talking Points - Journal of the American Medical Association Article on National HIV Incidence Estimates (August 3, 2008) (PDF, New Window)

Describes revised estimates of HIV incidence nationally based upon new testing and statistical methods. (California was not included in this study.)

CDPH/OA - Talking Points - Persons Tested for HIV - United States, 2006, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, August 8, 2008 (PDF, New Window)

Describes HIV testing patterns nationally and encourages adoption of 2006 CDC recommendations to increase HIV testing in Medical settings.

CDPH/OA Talking Points - HIV Prevalence Estimates of California, 2008 (PDF, New Window)

Describes CDPH/OA's recent estimates of current and projected HIV prevalence in California.

Estimated Persons Living with HIV (not AIDS) and Persons Living with AIDS in California, 2006-2020 (PDF, New Window)

Table showing CDPH/OA's recent estimates of current and projected HIV prevalence in California.

CDPH/OA Talking Points - Trends in HIV Diagnoses among Men Who Have Sex with Men - 33 States, 2001-2006, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, June 27, 2008, (PDF, New Window)

Describes stable or decreasing new HIV and AIDS diagnosis rates nationally among most behavioral risk groups, with the exception of men who have sex with men.