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CIR HIV/AIDS data available via ftp from CIESIN

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From: Fred Zimmerman
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 1994 15:18
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The HIV/AIDS Surveillance Database produced by the Bureau of the Census's
Center for International Research (CIR) is available via anonymous ftp
(file transfer protocol)  from the Consortium for International Earth
Science Information Network (CIESIN).  The following text describes how
to access and obtain this data base. 

Sample session: 

>ftp ftp.ciesin.org
login: ftp
password:  your e-mail address
ftp>cd holdings/data_sets/100628.aids/dos
ftp>BINARY
Type set to "I".
ftp>get readme.1st
ftp> get aidsnet.exe

The readme.1st file explains that the aidsnet.exe file is a
self-extracting zip file that requires a DOS PC with at least 11 MB
free on a hard disk.  The largest executable program size must be
at least 510K.  

DATABASE DESCRIPTION

The HIV/AIDS database contains epidemiological
information for developing countries presented at the 2nd
International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific in New
Delhi, India, November 1992 and the VIIth International
Conference on AIDS in Africa in Yaounde, Cameroon, December
1992 as well as additional material from other sources.  The
database contains over 16,000 individual data records from
nearly 2,200 publications and presentations.  The Center for
International Research has been compiling HIV seroprevalence
information contained in journals, articles and public
presentations since 1987.

Information included is almost exclusively from developing
countries in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and
Oceania.  Seroprevalence estimates for high and low risk
population groups by country and region are presented in
summary tables and plotted on maps for some areas.  Tables are
also provided for HIV-1 and HIV-2, where available, in major
cities and rural areas.

For additional information about this data, contact (1) Karen
Stanecki, Health Studies Branch, Center for International
Research, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC  20233-3700,
USA, phone: 301-763-4086 or (2) CIESIN User Services at 517/797-2700
or via Internet e-mail at CIESIN.Info@ciesin.org.
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From: fzimmerm@ciesin.org (Fred Zimmerman)
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Subject: CIR HIV/AIDS data available via ftp from CIESIN
Date: 7 Jan 1994 15:18:15 GMT
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