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April 2000 Cover
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A study conducted by Johns Hopkins University followed 415 heterosexual, Ugandan couples, in which one partner was infected with HIV and one was not. As a result of the couples rarely using condoms,
the researchers found, over the course of 30 months of follow-ups, that the higher the level of HIV in the blood of the infected, the higher the risk of transmitting HIV during sex. This means that low levels of HIV in the
blood make it less likely to spread the virus. The results are important for drug treatments in the United States, but do not imply that unsafe sex practices are acceptable.
Editor's Note: from the New York Times
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