The Epidemiology of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Among Heterosexuals
- Harry W. Haverkos, MD;
- Robert Edelman, MD
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Excerpt
THE PURPOSE of this article is to inform health care professionals about the extent to which human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are spreading to the heterosexual population in this country. In this introduction, we present generalities about the sexual revolution (which represent our interpretation of readings of the popular press) and review the chronology of risk groups for AIDS identified by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). In later sections, we discuss and critique data concerning heterosexual spread of HIV infection and AIDS reported in the United States and in other parts of the world. Finally, we reiterate the Public Health Service's recommendations designed to reduce sexual transmission of HIV infection.
Over the last several decades, many societies have undergone a sexual revolution of vast magnitude. Several recent technological advances have preceded this revolution. The discovery of penicillin and other antibiotics that control some sexually
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