Use of Surveillance for Invasive Pneumococcal Disease to Estimate the Size of the Immunosuppressed HIV-Infected Population.

Presents a study that used population-based surveillance in New Jersey in 1986 to quantify the risk of invasive pneumococcal disease in persons with AIDS and in those who went to develop AIDS. Estimated size of the immunosuppressed HIV-infected population; Rates of pneumococcal disease; Number of patients expected to contract pneumococcal disease in areas with a high incidence of AIDS.