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Comprehensive & Cost Effective Laboratory Monitoring of HIV/AIDS: an African Role Model
Published on: October 31, 2010
[The hidden face of AIDS in Brazil]
F I Bastos1, C Boschi-Pinto, P R Telles
1Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Atenção ao Uso de Drogas, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Abstract:
The authors report on the evolution of the AIDS epidemic in Brazil from the point of view of the construction of social representations about "risk groups" involved in the spread of the disease. They emphasize the need to demystify the immediate correlation between AIDS and homosexual transmission. They highlight the role of intravenous drug users and of heterosexual transmission in new AIDS cases in Brazil - groups and behaviours that are not included in the priorities of local health authorities.
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