From despair to hope at AIDS conference
Gloom turns to optimism as 15,000 experts from 125 countries meet in Vancouver to discuss AIDS drugs. The mood shifts with evidence that combined therapies can suppress HIV, raising hopes for better life expectancy and a possible cure, though still uncertain. Experts see growing control in developing regions and evolving long term management.
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John G. Bartlett
Johns Hopkins University
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Yokohama
Japan
Columbia
Cal Cohen
Harvard Community Health Plan
Boston
U.S
Study estimates one in 300 in U.S. infected with HIV
Federal researchers estimate about one in 300 Americans age 18 or older were living with HIV in 1992, with 650,000 to 900,000 infected. The study notes shifts in infection routes, demographics, and emphasizes that three quarters remain undiagnosed, forecasting a long-term health challenge.
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Chicago
John M. Karon
Division of
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
Journal of the American Medical Association
Vancouver
British Columbia
United States
Karen
Alfred Saah
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Thomas Coates
Center For Aids Prevention Studies
University of California At
San Francisco
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