Public Health Service guidelines for counseling and antibody testing to prevent HIV infection and AIDS

Abstract

These guidelines are the outgrowth of the 1986 recommendations published in the MMWR;l the report on the February 24–25,1987, Conference on Counseling and Testing;2 and a series of meetings with representatives from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, the Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, the National Association of County Health Officials, the United States Conference of Local Health Officers, and the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors.