LICENTIA COGITATIONIS

 I recently read through the CDC's DETECTING AND RESPONDING TO HIV TRANSMISSION CLUSTERS : A GUIDE FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENTS (2018), and have more questions than answers about the nature and scope of this novel surveillance strategy, its ethical and societal implications, as well as the impact of its implementation on minorities at-risk of HIV/STI.  Medical Monitoring Project ( VDH Stakeholder Meeting: 2015) -Ongoing supplemental surveillance system assessing behaviors and clinical characteristics of persons w/HIV who have received outpatient HIV medical care.  -To learn more about the experiences and needs of people receiving care -Funded by CDC HIV Incidence Surveillance  - Provides estimates of the number of new HIV infection over a certain period of time. - Incidence refers to persons newly infected with HIV in a specified time period, whereas a person newly diagnosed with H IV may have been infected for years before diagnosed.  Molecular HIV Surveillance -Collect all HIV nucleoti