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San Francisco PublicLibrary Government Information Center San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street 5,h Floor San Francisco, CA 94102 REFERENCE BOOK Nottobetakenfrom theLibrary Digitized by the Internet Archive 2013 in http://archive.org/details/hivaidsepidemiol2003sanf 3 1223 10055 4949 HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Annual Report HIV/AIDS and Statistics Epidemiology Section HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Annual Report 2003 SAN FRANCISCO Department of Public Health GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS DEPT NOV 1 5 2012 SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY HIV/AIDS and Statistics Epidemiology Section The HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Annual Report is published annually by the HIV/AIDS Statistics and Epidemiology Section. To obtain a free copy of the report or to request additional HIV/AIDS data, please contact: HIV/AIDS Statistics and Epidemiology Section San Francisco Department of Public Health AIDS Office 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94102 USA Phone (415) 554-9050 Fax (415)431-0353 The HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Annual Report 2003 is available on the internet at: www.dph.sf.ca.us/PHP/AIDSSurvUnit.htm Acknowledgments This report was prepared by the HIV/AIDS Statistics and Epidemiology Section We staff. wish to thank the San Francisco Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control Services, the San Francisco Stop AIDS Project, the Pediatric Spectrum of Disease Project, and the Blood Centers of the Pacific for providing data in this report. In addition, we wish to acknowledge the contribution of persons with HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS health care providers, community groups, researchers, and mem- bers of the community to the data presented in this report. Publication of this report would not have been possible without their cooperation, dedication, and hard work. San Francisco Department of Public Health MD Director Mitchell Katz, AIDS Office Deputy Director of Health for AIDS Programs James Loyce, Jr HIV/AIDS Statistics and Epidemiology Section Co-Director Sandra Schwarcz, MD, MPH Co-Director Willi McFarland, MD, PhD MPH Assistant Directors Ling Hsu, MA Tim Kellogg, Program Coordinators Maree Kay Parisi MPH Viva Delgado, Henry Raymond Epidemiologists Susan Scheer, PhD, MPH Priscilla Lee Chu, MPH Sanny Chen, MHS MPH Sheila Jain, Roop Prabhu, MPH Staff Jennie Chin Craig Clevenger Jeff Custer Aida Flandez Christopher Galbraith Lina Gin Mike Grasso Theresa Ick Joseph Imbriani Binh Le Heather Leatherwood Jason Mehrtens Patrick Norton Gloria Posadas Rufina San Juan Nashanta Stanley Tes Temelso Peter Wong