TY - JOUR
T1 - HIV Infection in Brazil
AU - Beach, Richard S.
AU - Mantero-Atienza, Emilio
AU - Fordyce-Baum, Marianna K.
AU - Prineas, Ronald K.
AU - Zelaya, Enrique
AU - de Alvarenga, Mirna Thiebaud
AU - Loyola, Luis Antonio
AU - Gosset, Guillermo
AU - Espejo, Romilio T.
AU - Uribe, Paulina
AU - Sepulveda, Cecilia
AU - O'brien, Thomas R.
AU - Heyward, William
AU - Holmberg, Scott D.
AU - Schable, Charles A.
AU - Schochetman, Gerald
AU - Curran, James W.
AU - ho, David D.
AU - Detels, Roger
AU - Cortes, Eduardo
PY - 1989/9/21
Y1 - 1989/9/21
N2 - To the Editor: Regarding the issue of HIV infection and AIDS in the Americas, the situation in Brazil reported by Cortes et al. (April 13 issue)1 is certainly not unique. The authors suggest a fourth pattern of the spread of HIV infection: from an initially male homosexual population to the larger heterosexual population by means of bisexual persons rather than intravenous drug users. Data forthcoming from Honduras would support such a theory. With 248 cases of AIDS documented as of March 31, 1989, Honduras has the largest number of patients with AIDS in Central America and an incidence of 44…
AB - To the Editor: Regarding the issue of HIV infection and AIDS in the Americas, the situation in Brazil reported by Cortes et al. (April 13 issue)1 is certainly not unique. The authors suggest a fourth pattern of the spread of HIV infection: from an initially male homosexual population to the larger heterosexual population by means of bisexual persons rather than intravenous drug users. Data forthcoming from Honduras would support such a theory. With 248 cases of AIDS documented as of March 31, 1989, Honduras has the largest number of patients with AIDS in Central America and an incidence of 44…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198909213211213
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198909213211213
M3 - Letter
C2 - 2770815
AN - SCOPUS:0024448129
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 321
SP - 830
EP - 832
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 12
ER -