"Is There Really a Heterosexual AIDS Epidemic in the United States? Findings From a Multisite Validation Study, 1992-1995."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in American Journal of Epidemiology, "The objective of this study was to verify the mode of exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among cases who obtained acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) through heterosexual contact and to determine the proportion of cases initially reported with no risk but whose exposure may have been heterosexual. Adults aged {{>=}} 13 years with AIDS, diagnosed from 1992 through 1995 with heterosexual risk or no risk at six U.S. study sites (Alabama, California, Florida, New Jersey, New York City, and Texas), were eligible. Heterosexual risk was validated in 82% (1,610/1,952) of the...

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