1988 May-Jun | Public Health Rep. 103(3):255-260
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is estimated to have infected more than a million people in the United States and millions more in other countr...
1988 May-Jun | Public Health Rep. 103(3):213-220
A comprehensive, multifaceted approach to HIV surveillance is needed to provide the information necessary for public health management and policy. Bec...
1988 May-Jun | Public Health Rep. 103(3):321-323
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1988 May-Jun | Public Health Rep. 103(3):299-304
Because of the variety of needs engendered by AIDS, a broadbased response to the epidemic is warranted. The traditional medical model, with its emphas...
1988 May-Jun | Public Health Rep. 103(3):209-210
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1988 May-Jun | Public Health Rep. 103(3):221-223
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the world total of AIDS cases will reach 300,000 by the end of 1988 and 500,000 to 3 million over t...
1988 May-Jun | Public Health Rep. 103(3):236-241
Present safeguards for the blood supply consist of three tiers of protection: donor deferral based on a donor's history of risk factors, confidential ...
1988 May-Jun | Public Health Rep. 103(3):278-281
Nursing students, as future health care providers, need comprehensive instruction about AIDS--the many manifestations of both the disease itself and t...
1988 May-Jun | Public Health Rep. 103(3):211-212
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1988 May-Jun | Public Health Rep. 103(3):246-254
The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a devastating new disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This retrovirus causes pr...
1988 May-Jun | Public Health Rep. 103(3):261-266
Research programs of the National Institute on Drug Abuse take a broad approach to investigating the problems of intervention in intravenous drug use ...
May-Jun 1988 | Public Health Rep. 103(3)
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05/01/1988 | Public Health Rep. 103(3):309-319
The personal medical care costs of those diagnosed with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in 1988 are forecast to be $2.2 billion, an amount t...
05/01/1988 | Public Health Rep. 103(3):305-308
An estimated 40 percent of the nation's 55,000 persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) have received care under the Medicaid Program, w...
05/01/1988 | Public Health Rep. 103(3):242-245
The Food and Drug Administration has instituted several pro-active measures to expedite the review of treatments, diagnostics, and vaccines for AIDS a...
05/01/1988 | Public Health Rep. 103(3):230-236
The development of a safe and effective vaccine against infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is of paramount importance to the preventi...
05/01/1988 | Public Health Rep. 103(3):224-229
The discovery of effective therapies for HIV requires a fundamental knowledge of retroviral infections. Research by the Public Health Service and coll...
05/01/1988 | Public Health Rep. 103(3):267-272
State health agencies have assumed a leadership role in responding to the major public health issues raised by the AIDS epidemic. Directors of State h...
05/01/1988 | Public Health Rep. 103(3):289-292
In 1985 the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences devoted its annual meeting to an exploration of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AI...
05/01/1988 | Public Health Rep. 103(3):282-288
Since the identification of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in 1981 as a distinct disease entity, the number of AIDS cases has steadily incr...
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