Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1987
Publication Title
Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association
Publisher Location
Reston, VA
Volume
42
Issue
5
First page number:
157
Last page number:
158
Abstract
Recently, we analyzed the reported cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in women in the United States.1 We found two areas of great concern: first, women are more likely than men to acquire AIDS through heterosexual intercourse, and second, women are the source of disease for about 80% of children with AIDS. In this column we will discuss the source and distribution of AIDS in women, and in a future piece we will discuss women as the source of infection for pediatric AIDS cases.
Keywords
AIDS (Disease) in women
Disciplines
Diseases | Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications | Immune System Diseases | Virus Diseases | Women's Health
Language
English
Permissions
Copyright American Medical Women’s Association used with permission
Repository Citation
Guinan, M. E.,
Hardy, A.
(1987).
Women and AIDS: The Future is Grim.
Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association, 42(5),
157-158.
Reston, VA:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/community_health_sciences_fac_articles/58
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