The need for national HIV databases

S P Layne; T G Marr; S A Colgate; J M Hyman; E A Stanley

doi:10.1038/333511a0

The need for national HIV databases

Nature. 1988 Jun 9;333(6173):511-2. doi: 10.1038/333511a0.

Authors

S P Layne¹, T G Marr, S A Colgate, J M Hyman, E A Stanley

Affiliation

¹ Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico 87545.

PMID: 3374599
DOI: 10.1038/333511a0

Abstract

Researchers and public health officials involved in surveying and forecasting the course of the HIV epidemic require complete and unfiltered information from many sources. Governments should respond by establishing national HIV databases.

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome*
Government Agencies
HIV*
Humans
Information Systems*