INTRODUCTION I. THE HISTORICAL progress to maturity OF REPORTING AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE A. Early Reporting Practices B The Tensions Between the Practice of Medicine and Public Health C The Inception of the fresh Epidemic: National AIDS Reporting II. THE CHANGING FACE OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC A. disclosures in Medical Treatment B Perinatal Transmission C forces on Epidemiology III. HIV/AIDS REPORTING: existing STATUS A. AIDS Surveillance B HIV Surveillance TABLE A: HIV/AIDS REPORTING AMONG STATES AND