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Corinna Del Tempelis, MPH; Gordon Shell, AB; Marjorie Hoffman, AB
California Department of Health Services Berkely

Robert A. Benjamin, MD, MPH; Ann Chandler, MPA
Alameda County Health Services Oakland, Calif

Donald P. Francis, MD, DSc
Centers for Disease Control Atlanta

JAMA. 1987;258(4):474-475.

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To the Editor.—

The question of what heterosexually active people should do to avoid human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is becoming critical. Evidence is mounting that this virus, known to be spread by anal intercourse, may also be effectively spread by vaginal intercourse—both from men to women and from women to men.^1-4

However, the number of cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) classified as heterosexually acquired in men (566) and women (545) remains relatively small when compared with homosexual/bisexual (21 371)orintravenousdruguse—acquired (4955) cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control's cumulative national AIDS statistics as of Jan 26, 1987. This relatively small number of cases has led heterosexual men and women to consider themselves at low risk of infection.

Study.—

To help estimate the risk of HIV infection for heterosexuals in the San Francisco Bay Area, we tested serum samples collected from women in Alameda County (on the eastern . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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