[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 5990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3184]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Availability of Draft Guidelines for Prevention of Opportunistic 
Infections in HIV-Infected Persons

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a draft document 
entitled ``1997 USPHS/IDSA Guidelines for Prevention of Opportunistic 
Infections in HIV-Infected Persons,'' prepared by the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health 
(NIH), and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), for 
review and comment.

DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments on this draft document 
must be received on or before March 12, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the draft 1997 USPHS/IDSA Guidelines 
for Prevention of Opportunistic Infections must be submitted to the 
Division of HIV/AIDS, Technical Information and Communications Branch, 
Mailstop E-49, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 
30333; telephone (404) 639-2076, FAX (404) 639-2007. Written comments 
on this draft document should be sent to the same address for receipt 
by March 12, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, 
Surveillance, and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB 
Prevention, Mailstop E-49, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
Atlanta GA 30333; telephone (404) 639-2076, FAX (404) 639-2007.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Opportunistic infections (OIs) constitute a 
major cause of morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected persons. The 
draft Guidelines, prepared by the CDC, the NIH, and the IDSA in 
consultation with representatives from numerous Federal and non-Federal 
agencies and community groups, represent a comprehensive approach to 
prevention of OIs in HIV-infected persons and constitute a revision of 
the guidelines published in 1995. They include recommendations 
pertinent to 17 major OIs, or groups of OIs, according to (1) 
Prevention of exposure, (2) prevention of disease (first occurrence), 
and (3) prevention of disease recurrence.

    Dated: February 4, 1997.
Joseph R. Carter,
Acting Associate Director for Management and Operations, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-3184 Filed 2-7-97; 8:45 am]
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