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  • Title: AIDS and the Third World. Sex and blood: Latin America's AIDS threats.
    Author: Radlett M.
    Journal: Panoscope; 1988 Nov; (9):30-1. PubMed ID: 12315910.
    Abstract:
    Many Latin Americans still think of AIDS as a disease of homosexuals and intravenous drug users. In the US, however, 4% of AIDS cases are now due to heterosexual intercourse, and 5000 babies will be born this year with AIDS. In Brazil, where many married men are bisexual, an estimated 200,000-400,000 people are infected with HIV. Blood transfusions are a major source of infection in Latin America. Mexico has outlawed the use of paid blood donors, but in Brazil only 1/2 of the donated blood is screened. In the US blood screening costs $3 million a year for the kits alone. Nevertheless, the Pan American Health Organization is optimistic about the response of health authorities in the region.
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