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...regular three-month intervals. This study, begun before scientists had discovered HTLV-III, was originally designed to determine the cause of AIDS. Although they have not yet formulated any conclusions, Hirsch says they will continue to study cofactors, placing special emphasis on the herpes group viruses which often infect AIDS patients...
AIDS viruses which don't have the art-gene, as the new gene is called, cannot reproduce or infect other cells. Therefore, if doctors can find drugs which interfere with the workings of the art-gene, they may be able to control or cure the disease, said Associate Professor of Pathology William Haseltine, who led the research team...
While there remains no cure for AIDS, agency officials said, research over the past year shows that virtually all people in high-risk groups who repeatedly test positive to the blood test can infect others...
...intent to murder. The weapon: saliva. Authorities said that Autoworker John C. Richards, 28, scuffled with four Flint, Mich., police officers when they arrested him for drunk driving on Dec. 6. The officers said that Richards became enraged, told them he had AIDS, warned that he was going to infect them and then spat at them. Richards was ordered last week to undergo psychiatric testing...
...will affect their personal risk of contraction or transmission of HTLV-III. Getting sneezed on by an AIDS patient, for instance, will not make you a carrier of HTLV-III under normal circumstances, and if you suspect you are a carrier of HTLV-III, sneezing on someone will not infect him or her; some forms of sexual contact involving the exchange of body fluids between persons pose a higher risk, and persons considering such contact should speak with an informed source, such as CONTACT, UHS, or the AIDS Action Line, regarding relative risks...