-=| Aids Update |=-
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 A technique to detect a rare strain of HIV  that eludes most  comm-
  ercial blood tests has been patented by the Belgian company Innoge-
  netics.  So far the strain has mostly infected people from the Afr-
  ican country Cameroon and hasn't appeared in the U.S.

 Giving a vaccine made  from dead HIV to  patients already  infected
  may keep the virus at bay.  In small-scale human trials, viral lev-
  els increased more slowly in vaccinated patients than in unvaccina-
  ted ones.  The vaccine was created by polio pioneer  Jonas Salk and
  colleagues at Immune Response in Carlsbad, Calif.

 Between  72,000 and 125,000  children  and teenagers  will be  left
  motherless by the year 2000 because of AIDS according to the Orphan
  Project in New York City.  About  60%  will be concentrated in  New
  York City, Miami,  Los Angeles, Washington, Newark, NJ and San Juan
  Puerto Rico.

 Now you can receive information about AIDS by fax for the cost of a
  phone call.  The National  Association of People with AIDS will fax
  you information on subjects such as treatments, clinical trials and
  resources.  To order its free catalogs or documents,  call 202-789-
  2222, 24 hours a day.

 AIDS will take a terrible toll on life  expectancy and death  rates
  in Third World  Countries  by the year 2010.  The  US Census Bureau
  predicts that in Haiti and some African countries, AIDS will result
  in twice as many deaths as normal.

