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To identify systemic sources of error, under-reporting, and misclassification in voluntary HIV surveillance systems.

April 22, 2005BMJOpen Access

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To identify systemic sources of error, under-reporting, and misclassification in voluntary HIV surveillance systems.
Evaluated voluntary surveillance methodologies and assumptions used to assign probable country of infection.
Analyzed the distinction between newly reported HIV diagnoses and true incident infections across a typical 10-to-12-year natural disease course.
Voluntary reporting introduces systemic under-reporting, leading official surveillance figures to underestimate true infection rates.
Defaulting to highest-prevalence countries as the probable source of infection underestimates domestic HIV acquisition in the United Kingdom.
Surveillance reports fail to differentiate between partners infected during visits to high-prevalence countries and those infected prior to migration.

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Epidemiological evaluation demonstrates underestimation and miscategorisation in HIV surveillance, highlighting challenges in accurately tracking UK-acquired infections.

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Evans et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd4bbf99c691022d99bd5a https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38415.708634.f7

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Epidemiological evaluation demonstrates underestimation and miscategorisation in HIV surveillance, highlighting challenges in accurately tracking UK-acquired infections.

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