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SUBMITTER: Nesheim SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6267853 | biostudies-other | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Nesheim Steven R SR Wiener Jeffrey J Fitz Harris Lauren F LF Lampe Margaret A MA Weidle Paul J PJ
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 20171201 5
<h4>Background</h4>An incidence of perinatally acquired HIV infection less than 1:100,000 live births is one of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) goals of the United States. Such an estimate has only been possible in recent years because regular nationwide data were lacking.<h4>Method</h4>Using previously published CDC estimates of the number of infants born with HIV infection in the United States (interpolating for years for which there was no published estimate), and census ...[more]