Notice to Readers Publication of Revised Case Definition for AIDS
Surveillance
CDC, in collaboration with public health and clinical
specialists,
has developed a revised case definition for surveillance of
acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The document presenting this new
definition, "Revision of the CDC Surveillance Case Definition for
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome", is being released as an MMWR
supplement on August 14, 1987. The Council of State and Territorial
Epidemiologists has officially recommended adopting this revised
definition for national reporting of AIDS, and it is scheduled to
go
into effect on September 1, 1987.
Copies of the supplement (MMWR, Vol. 36, Supplement no. 1S) may
be
purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, telephone (202)783-3238, or
from MMS Publications, C.S.P.O. Box 9120, Waltham, MA 02254,
telephone
(617) 893-3800.
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