Executive Summary -- History of Community Viral Load -- Establishing a Common Language -- Technical Guidance -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix A: Inventory of Viral Load Analyses -- Appendix B: Surveillance -- Appendix C: Viral Load Reporting -- Appendix D: U.S. HIV Treatment Guidelines -- Appendix E: National HIV/AIDS Strategy -- Appendix F: List of Test and Treat Clinical Trials -- Appendix G: Mathematical Formula for Sample Size -- Appendix H: Community Viral Load Workgroup – Glossary.

The Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was charged by the National HIV/AIDS Strategy to provide “technical assistance to [HIV reporting] localities to collect data to calculate community viral load”. Guidance on Community Viral Load: A Family of Measures, Definitions, and Method for Calculation represents the work of over 50 Workgroup members from more than 25 jurisdictions. This Guidance document introduces the concept of community viral load and provides definitions of, and methods for calculating, community viral load and related measures.

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