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Although human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has killed more than half a million people in the United States, a comprehensive public health approach that has stopped other epidemics has not been used to address this one. When HIV infection first emerged among stigmatized populations (homosexual men, injection-drug users, and immigrants from developing countries), the discriminatory responses ranged from descriptions of AIDS as "retribution" to violence and proposals for quarantine, universal mandatory testing, and even tattooing of infected persons. This response led to HIV exceptionalism, an approach that advocated both for special resources and increased funding and against the application of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Case Finding and Surveillance

Interrupting Transmission

Systematic Treatment and Case Management

Population-Based Monitoring and Evaluation

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From the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York.

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