Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: Current Issues and Scientific Studies

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Demography of HIV infections among civilian applicants for military service in four counties in New York City....Pages 9-11
Local policy responses to the AIDS epidemic: New York and San Francisco....Pages 11-19
The effect of group education on improving attitudes about AIDS risk reduction....Pages 19-25
Hospital workers and AIDS: Effect of in-service education on knowledge and perceived risks and stresses....Pages 25-27
Cyclooxygenase inhibition and improved oxygenation in patients with pulmonary complications of AIDS....Pages 27-29
Medical students’ attitudes towards caring for patients with AIDS in a high incidence area....Pages 30-34
Geographic and demographic features of the AIDS epidemic in New York City....Pages 34-39
HIV infection among young adults in the New York City area....Pages 39-42
The epidemiology of AIDS in New Jersey....Pages 43-46
Effectiveness of distribution of information on AIDS....Pages 46-48
A seroepidemiologic profile of persons seeking anonymous HIV testing at alternate sites in upstate New York....Pages 49-52
Teaching about AIDS in public schools: Characteristics of early adopter communities in Massachusetts....Pages 52-55
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Intravenous drug use and the heterosexual transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus....Pages 59-62
AIDS in Africa: Evidence for heterosexual transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus....Pages 62-65
AIDS in adolescents: A rationale for concern....Pages 66-71
Education and contact notification for AIDS prevention....Pages 72-73
AIDS care in New York City: The comprehensive care alternative....Pages 74-76
The epidemiology of HIV in New York State....Pages 77-81
The impact of AIDS on New York’s not-for-profit hospitals....Pages 82-85
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
AIDS in Connecticut....Pages 85-87
Current issues concerning AIDS in New York City....Pages 88-93
The impact of AIDS on the health care system in New Jersey....Pages 93-97
Barriers to the modification of sexual behavior among heterosexuals at risk for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome....Pages 97-102
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AIDS: The eleventh year....Pages 105-106
AIDS in New York City: Moving ahead on effective public health approaches....Pages 107-108
The prevention of AIDS....Pages 109-110
Fear of AIDS....Pages 110-111
Human immunodeficiency virus antibody testing: Time for clinicians to use it....Pages 112-113
The new horizon: Programmatic responses to the HIV epidemic....Pages 114-115
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome as a paradigm for medicolegal education....Pages 116-117
AIDS and the origin of species....Pages 117-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Coagulase-negative staphylococcal sepsis in drug-dependent newborns who may be HIV-positive....Pages 121-122
An unusual presentation of lymphoma in a homosexual man....Pages 122-123
Oral candidiasis and AIDS....Pages 123-124
Herpes simplex pericarditis in AIDS....Pages 124-126
Fatal hemoptysis in a patient with AIDS-related complex and pulmonary aspergilloma....Pages 126-128
Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis in adult HIV infection....Pages 129-132
Thymoma, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, and AIDS....Pages 132-133
Saccharomyces fungemia in a patient with AIDS....Pages 134-135
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Candida pneumonia secondary to an acquired tracheoesophageal fistula in a patient with AIDS....Pages 135-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Ethical issues involved in the growing AIDS crisis....Pages 139-140
Counseling patients about the prevention of AIDS....Pages 140-141
Guidelines for effective school health education to prevent the spread of AIDS....Pages 142-147
Public Health Service guidelines for counseling and antibody testing to prevent HIV infection and AIDS....Pages 148-150
Immunizations for children with HIV infections....Pages 151-151
Immunization of children infected with human immunodeficiency virus—supplementary ACIP statement....Pages 152-152
Back Matter....Pages 153-155