Active case finding conducted throughout the four county area utilizes uniform reporting methods with timely transmission of data to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Because HIV/AIDS surveillance is the larges population-based system for monitoring the epidemic nationally, it has become the basis for allocation of federal, state, and local resources for prevention and patient care.
The future of HIV/AIDS surveillance is evolving towards collection and analysis of asymptomatic HIV cases. This information will assist the CDC, states, and local health departments to better understand the front end of the epidemic. |
