Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic Control in the United States: An Assessment of Proposed UNAIDS Metrics, 2010-2015

Epidemic control is necessary to eliminate human immunodeficiency virus infections. We assessed epidemic control in the United States by applying 4 proposed UNAIDS metrics to national surveillance data collected between 2010 and 2015. Although epidemic control in the United States is possible, progr...

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Published in:	Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 69; no. 8; pp. 1431 - 1433
Main Authors:	Bosh, Karin A, Brooks, John T, Hall, H Irene
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 27-09-2019
Subjects:	Benchmarking Epidemics - prevention & control Epidemiological Monitoring HIV - physiology HIV Infections - epidemiology HIV Infections - mortality HIV Infections - prevention & control HIV Infections - virology Humans Incidence United States - epidemiology United States human immunodeficiency virus communicable disease control disease eradication
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Summary:	Epidemic control is necessary to eliminate human immunodeficiency virus infections. We assessed epidemic control in the United States by applying 4 proposed UNAIDS metrics to national surveillance data collected between 2010 and 2015. Although epidemic control in the United States is possible, progress by UNAIDS metrics has been mixed.
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ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1093/cid/ciz151