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The power of HIV/AIDS epidemiology

The power of HIV/AIDS epidemiology EDITORIAL COMMENT a b,c Timothy D. Mastro and Quarraisha Abdool Karim a b Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA, Centre Although we have had increasing success in limiting for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) and Department epidemics at the national level in countries such as of Public Health and Family Medicine, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa and Division of Epidemiology, Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Botswana, Thai- Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA land and Cambodia, HIV transmission has increased Correspondence to Timothy D. Mastro, MD, Family Health International, rapidly in some countries in Eastern Europe and Central PO Box 13950, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA Asia, highlighting the need for ongoing vigilance and Tel: +1 919 544 7040; e-mail: TMastro@fhi.org improved surveillance methods [1,2]. We need renewed Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS 2009, 4:237–239 awareness of the importance of measuring HIV incidence rates in addition to prevalence in maturing HIV epi- demics, yet efforts to develop simple tools to measure Epidemiologic data have been central to providing a incidence have been unsuccessful to date [2]. Molecular nuanced http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Current Opinion in HIV and Aids Wolters Kluwer Health

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EDITORIAL COMMENT a b,c Timothy D. Mastro and Quarraisha Abdool Karim a b Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA, Centre Although we have had increasing success in limiting for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) and Department epidemics at the national level in countries such as of Public Health and Family Medicine, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa and Division of Epidemiology, Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Botswana, Thai- Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA land and Cambodia, HIV transmission has increased Correspondence to Timothy D. Mastro, MD, Family Health International, rapidly in some countries in Eastern Europe and Central PO Box 13950, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA Asia, highlighting the need for ongoing vigilance and Tel: +1 919 544 7040; e-mail: TMastro@fhi.org improved surveillance methods [1,2]. We need renewed Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS 2009, 4:237–239 awareness of the importance of measuring HIV incidence rates in addition to prevalence in maturing HIV epi- demics, yet efforts to develop simple tools to measure Epidemiologic data have been central to providing a incidence have been unsuccessful to date [2]. Molecular nuanced

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Published: Jul 1, 2009

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