AIDS Therapy

Many Americans think an HIV/AIDS vaccine already exists

Published in AIDS Weekly, June 9th, 2003

Many Americans wrongly believe that a preventive vaccine for HIV/AIDS has already been developed, according to surveys recently conducted by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Nearly half of African Americans surveyed (48%) and more than a quarter of Hispanics (28%) believe that an HIV vaccine already exists and is being kept a secret. Twenty percent of adults in the general population share that belief.

The preliminary findings are from a national survey of 3500 people conducted by NIAID, a component of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The research included a 2000-person national survey of American adults and...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2003-06-09)

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