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From: ico.isc.com!mcgp1!judy@thalatta.com (Judy Johnson)
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Subject: Re: Demographics of AIDS spread
Summary: AIDS diffusion patterns
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Date: 4 Nov 90 03:33:12 GMT
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In article <1990Nov1.162630.19811@cs.ucla.edu>, ken@images1.Waterloo.NCR.COM (Ken Braithwaite) writes:
> I have recently heard the following assertions:  

> 1) AIDS proper -- as opposed to HIV infection -- is spreading very
> slowly amongst the general population, and that its spread is confined
> mostly to the traditional risk groups (homsexual men, drug users, and
> transfusion recipients). 

Is this true in Central Africa as well? Not from what I hear. Could this
be explained in terms of the long "gestation" period possible between
infection and onset of the syndrome? Ie, those in the earlier infection
groups are still the majority of those reaching the point of AIDS onset.

Just a thought...

Judy Johnson

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