A Guide to HIV/AIDS Epidemiological and Surveillance Terms

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Published collaboratively by the CANADIAN AIDS SOCIETY (CAS) and the CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL (CIDPC), HEALTH CANADA

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Acronyms
• Frequently Used Terms
• Appendix: Incidence rate, cumulative incidence, incidence density
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Website Resources
• Bibliography

To speak as the national voice and act as a forum for a community-based
response to HIV infection and to advocate for persons so affected; and

To act as a resource for its member organizations and coordinate
community-based participation in a national strategy on HIV and AIDS.
Canadian AIDS Society

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Division of HIV/AIDS Epidemiology and Surveillance Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Public Health Agency of Canada Health Canada Tunney's Pasture, Address locator: 0900B1 Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L2 Tel: (613) 954-5169 Fax: (613) 946-8695 Web site: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ hast-vsmt/index.html

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Cat. H39-623/2002E
ISBN 0-662-32130-8