STREAMING VIDEO: Women Are The Fastest-Growing Group For HIV Infections

STREAMING VIDEO: Women Are The Fastest-Growing Group For HIV Infections

Business Wire - Friday, April 23, 1999

(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 1999--HIV infections among women are on the rise, accounting for 28-percent of all new cases. Yet, even with this increase in HIV infections among women, they still represent only 9 to 15-percent of participants in HIV/AIDS clinical trials. Now, a new investigational study is underway at 20 institutions nationwide to examine the difference between men's and women's response to anti-HIV therapy. Watch streaming video which looks at the study at http://www.newstream.com/99-150.shtml

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