Partner Notification in Cases of HIV Infection

To the Editor: Landis et al. (Jan. 9 issue)1 have provided additional support for the concept and practice of partner notification — specifically, the provider-referral approach used in cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Our experiences2 were quite similar to those of Landis et al., and involved a quite different and more heterogeneous population that has been described elsewhere.3 The standardized approach combining referrals by patients and by providers that our staff routinely used with patients closely resembled the provider-referral approach described by Landis et al