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Seattle & King County
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Seattle, WA 98104

Phone: 206-296-4600
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Public Records Requests

Instructions to submit a Public Records Request

HIV Surveillance and Epidemiologic Research Program

The HIV/AIDS Surveillance and Epidemiologic Research Program is part of Public Health - Seattle & King County. The program conducts state-mandated HIV and AIDS case reporting activities and public health research regarding the epidemiology, natural history, transmission and control of HIV, hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) viruses, and other diseases of public health importance. Click here to read more about us.

Current HIV/AIDS Statistics
Monthly HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report for Seattle-King County.

Medical Monitoring Project (MMP)
A surveillance project designed to produce nationally representative data on people living with HIV/AIDS who are receiving care in the United States.

Variant, Atypical, and Resistant HIV Surveillance Project (VARHS)
The objectives of VARHS are to monitor the frequency of important antiretroviral resistance mutations, follow the outcomes of those with and without mutations, and measure the prevalence of different HIV-1 viral strains/types.

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology publications including semi-annual reports, factsheet series, data report for providers and planners:
Abstracts and presentations by HIV/AIDS Epidemiology staff

HIV Incidence Surveillance (HIS)
HIV Incidence Surveillance uses STARHS (the serologic testing algorithm for recent HIV seroconversion) to estimate HIV incidence.

Legal requirements for reporting and confidentiality
Describes laws and regulations concerning HIV/AIDS case reporting, partner notification, confidentiality, security, and penalties for breach of confidentiality.

Epidemiology links
Recommended internal and external website links