Office of AIDS 

Guidance for Assembly Bill 1045, which allows a clinical laboratory not to report a CD4+ T-cell test result to the local health officer if the clinical laboratory can demonstrate that the CD4+ T-cell test result is not related to a diagnosed case of HIV infection.

Presentation

Recent developments in the identification of new (incident) HIV infections and how you can support full implementation of these activities in California.

HIV Incidence Surveillance Information - This short form can be attached to the HIV/AIDS Case Report Form used for routine HIV reporting.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law SB 1184 (Kuehl, Chapter 347, Statutes of 2008), which requires each clinical laboratory to report to all CD4+ T-cell tests to the local health officer within seven days of the completion of a CD4+ T-cell test.

Dramatic Declines Indicate Success in U.S. HIV Prevention

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.

Talking Points for California in response to report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in its recent series on revised HIV incidence estimates and HIV testing patterns.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.