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From: mef@wucs.UUCP (Mark Frisse)
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Subject: Re: Test for exposure to AIDS
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Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 13:21:59 EST
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Your observation about the gay press may be accurate.
Having cared for gay patients early in the AIDS story,
I found the articles my patients brought me from the
gay press to be "ahead" of the articles in the scientific
literature - probably because of the lengthy critical
review process applied to scientific publications.

Two points:
    1.  We don't know how many patients exposed to HTLV will
        get the full-blown aids syndrome - it may take a few
        years to find out.
    2.  Blood banks are going to start screening blood for
        HTLV very soon.  What will they do with the information?
        What are there responsibilities to the donor and the
        public?

                                      Mark Frisse, M.D.
                                      Editor,
                                      Washington U. Manual
                                      of Med. Therapeutics