Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 11 February 2000:
Vol. 287. no. 5455, pp. 942 - 943
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5455.942
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

News of the Week

HIV TRANSMISSION:
AIDS Researchers Look to Africa for New Insights

Jon Cohen

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA--As HIV infection rates have plateaued in most developed countries, investigators are increasingly turning to Africa, where the epidemic is still exploding. And as the geographic focus shifts, so do the research questions; one puzzling question is why HIV infection rates are so much higher in some African populations than in others. Researchers are coming up with some surprising answers that, if borne out, might well force a rethinking of strategies for prevention and for developing vaccines.

Read the Full Text


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Drug Susceptibility Testing of Anaerobic Protozoa.
J. A. Upcroft and P. Upcroft (2001)
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 45, 1810-1814
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »


To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)