Black pastors address AIDS

The head of the Black Leadership Commission on AIDS of Tampa Bay, the Rev. W. James Favorite, has called on area clergy to make HIV/AIDS awareness a central focus of their sermons. And on Sunday, they responded.

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HIV Transmission in a state
prison system, 1988-2005

HIV prevalence among state prison inmates is estimated to be more than five times higher than for the general US population, the study authors noted. However, data on transmission, risk modification after diagnosis, transmission networks, and antiretroviral (ARV) resistance within large state prison systems are sparse. In the current study, investigators analyzed 88 HIV sero conversions reported during 1988 - 2005 among male prison inmates in Georgia.

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