Document 0007
 DOCN  M9490007
 TI    [Effects of the 1987 revision of the definition for an AIDS case in
       Switzerland]
 DT    9411
 AU    Gebhardt M; Paget J; Estermann J; Bundesamt fur Gesundheitswesen,
       Bern-Liebefeld.
 SO    Soz Praventivmed. 1994;39(3):134-42. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94324202
 AB    AIDS cases diagnosed in Switzerland after the revision of 1987 and
       reported to the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health until 31.12.1992
       were categorised according to whether they conformed to the diagnostic
       criteria valid before the revision (= pre-87-group) or only to the new
       criteria introduced with the revision (= post-87-group). Compared to the
       pre-87-group, the proportion of injecting drug users was higher, the
       proportion of homosexual men was lower, the patients were younger and
       Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) and Kaposi-sarcoma were diagnosed
       less frequently in the post-87-group. The revision of the AIDS
       case-definition affected the proportion of Aids-diagnoses with PCP over
       time. It improved the surveillance of AIDS morbidity in Switzerland but
       its effects must be distinguished from true phenomena of the
       AIDS-epidemic.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*DIAGNOSIS/DRUG THERAPY/
       EPIDEMIOLOGY  Adolescence  Adult  Child  Child, Preschool  English
       Abstract  Female  Homosexuality  Human  Infant  Male  Middle Age
       Phencyclidine/THERAPEUTIC USE  Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii/DIAGNOSIS
       Sarcoma, Kaposi's/DIAGNOSIS  Substance Abuse, Intravenous
       Switzerland/EPIDEMIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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