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Update: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)—Worldwide

JAMA. 1988;259(21):3104-3107. doi:10.1001/jama.1988.03720210008006.
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Centers for Disease Control.  Revision of the CDC surveillance case definition for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. MMWR 1987;;36( (suppl 1S) ).
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World Health Organization.  Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): 1987 revision of CDC/WHO case definition for AIDS. Wkly Epidem Rec 1988;;63:1-7.
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World Health Organization.  Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): WHO/CDC case definition for AIDS. Wkly Epidem Rec 1986;;61:69-73.
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Institut de Medicine et d'Epidemiologie Africaines et Tropicales. Aids surveillance in Europe . Paris: Institut de Medecine et d'Epidemiologie Africaines et Tropicales, 1987;. (Quarterly report no. 16).
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Hardy AM, Starcher ET II, Morgan WM, et al.  Review of death certificates to assess completeness of AIDS case reporting. Public Health Rep 1987;;102:386-91.
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Colebunders R, Mann JM, Francis H, et al.  Evaluation of a clinical case-definition of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in Africa. Lancet 1987;;1:492-4.
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Because of varying reporting practices, AIDS case data are not available for all countries for the same time period.
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Such patients accounted for 12% of cases reported for Europe in June 1985, 6% in June 1986, and 4% in December 1987.
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As of April 1988, Zimbabwe officially retracted its report of 380 cases pending a national review of the accuracy of its reporting system.
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Published materials on these topics may be obtained by writing to the Global Programme on AIDS, WHO, 1211 Geneva, 27-Switzerland.

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