TY - JOUR
T1 - Screening for HIV Infection — Benefits and Costs
AU - Quinn, Thomas C.
PY - 1992/8/13
Y1 - 1992/8/13
N2 - Now in its second decade, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic continues to escalate relentlessly. Approximately 1 million people in the United States are infected with HIV, and nearly a quarter of a million have been given diagnoses of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).1 During the first eight years of the epidemic, 100,000 cases of AIDS were reported; another 100,000 were reported within the next two years.2 AIDS has caused 150,000 deaths in the United States and is now ranked as one of the leading causes of premature death for both men and women in this country,3 as well as…
AB - Now in its second decade, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic continues to escalate relentlessly. Approximately 1 million people in the United States are infected with HIV, and nearly a quarter of a million have been given diagnoses of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).1 During the first eight years of the epidemic, 100,000 cases of AIDS were reported; another 100,000 were reported within the next two years.2 AIDS has caused 150,000 deaths in the United States and is now ranked as one of the leading causes of premature death for both men and women in this country,3 as well as…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199208133270708
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199208133270708
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 1625739
AN - SCOPUS:0026740321
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 327
SP - 486
EP - 488
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 7
ER -