AIDS epidemic among Florida women.
Impact of the human immunodeficiency virus among women in Florida is increasingly recognized in the second decade of the AIDS epidemic. Illicit drug use, sexual activity with multiple partners, lack of access to health care, and socioeconomic disadvantages are greatly contributing to the increase of female AIDS cases. Current salient features of the epidemic are summarized as well as prevention strategies to reduce transmission of the virus.
Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Tallahassee.
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D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups; D012747:Sexual Partners; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology; D015996:Survival Rate; D044465:White People