Surveillance Guidelines

Surveillance Case Definitions

Current Guidelines

• Revised Surveillance Case Definition for HIV Infection — United States, 2014, MMWR 2014
  • Appendix A: AIDS Defining Conditions
  • Appendix B: Comparison of the Revised World Health Organization and CDC Surveillance Case Definitions and Staging Systems for HIV Infection

Previous Guidelines

• 1999 Guidelines for National Human Immunodeficiency Virus Case Surveillance, Including Monitoring for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
  • 1999 Revised Surveillance Case Definition for HIV Infection
• 1994 Revised Classification System for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Children Less Than 13 Years of Age
• 1993 Revised Classification System for HIV Infection and Expanded Surveillance Case Definition for AIDS Among Adolescents and Adults
• 1987 Revision of the CDC Surveillance Case Definition for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Security and Confidentiality

• HIPAA Privacy Rule and Public Health Guidance from CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Data Security and Confidentiality Guidelines for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Disease, and Tuberculosis Programs: Standards to Facilitate Sharing and Use of Surveillance Data for Public Health Action

Community Planning

• Integrated Guidance for Developing Epidemiologic Profiles: HIV Prevention and Ryan White HIV/AIDS Programs Planning (August 2014)