How Common Is HTLV-III Infection in the United States?

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 313; no. 21; p. 1352
• Main Authors: Sivak, S L, Wormser, G P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 21.11.1985
• Subjects: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - epidemiology; Epidemiologic Methods; Hemophilia A - epidemiology; Homosexuality; Humans; Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology; United States; United States

To the Editor: Fairly precise figures for the number of cases of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the United States are based on surveillance data gathered by the Centers for Disease Control. Since the presence of antibodies to human T-cell lymphotrophic virus Type III (HTLV-III) is...