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AIDS Daily Summary
June 03, 1994
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National AIDS
Clearinghouse makes available the following information as a public
service only. Providing this information does not constitute endorsement
by the CDC, the CDC Clearinghouse, or any other organization. Reproduction
of this text is encouraged; however, copies may not be sold, and the CDC
Clearinghouse should be cited as the source of this information.
Copyright 1993, Information, Inc., Bethesda, MD
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"Children Buy Used Syringes as Toys in China"
"Guards Want Inmates With AIDS Segregated"
"Italian Health Staff Can't Refuse HIV Test--Court"
"HIV-Positive Man to Run for Congress"
"Wage War on AIDS, Kenyan Tells Africa"
"Memorable Mix"
"AIDS Doesn't Discriminate"
"The Story of O"
"Protecting Women From AIDS"
"Partner Preferences and Serostatus"
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"Children Buy Used Syringes as Toys in China"
Reuters (06/03/94)
Used syringes, which present the risk of transmitting HIV and
other deadly viruses, are being sold to Chinese children as toys,
reported the official Farmer's Daily. The paper said private
businessmen buy the dirty syringes for less than one American
cent and sell them for 2.5 to 4.5 American cents to children, who
use them as water pistols. The Farmer's Daily urged parents and
teachers to warn children not to play with the syringes, which it
said some medical units have failed to destroy despite rules and
regulations instructing them to do so.
"Guards Want Inmates With AIDS Segregated"
Chicago Tribune (06/02/94) P. 1-3
The Michigan Corrections Organization, a union representing the
guards who supervise the state's 37,000 prison inmates, is
pressing for complete segregation of HIV-positive prisoners. The
state Department of Corrections argues that the proposal would
create "leper colonies" in the prison system, and says inmates
should be isolated only for behavioral problems. There are 203
cases of HIV infection in Michigan prisons, and 266 inmates have
full-blown AIDS.
"Italian Health Staff Can't Refuse HIV Test--Court"
Reuters (06/02/94)
Health workers whose jobs require contact with other people do
not have the right to refuse HIV testing, Italy's Constitutional
Court decided on Thursday. The ruling invalidated provisions of
a 1990 law stating that HIV testing could not be performed, under
any circumstances, without the consent of the individual being
tested. Italy's highest court said HIV tests should be viewed
as a condition for employment in the health care field, but
emphasized that tested individuals must be guaranteed
confidentiality.
"HIV-Positive Man to Run for Congress"
United Press International (06/02/94)
An HIV-positive Wisconsin man has announced his intention to run
for Congress on the Republican ticket. Mike Johnson, 32, who has
been presenting lectures on AIDS throughout the state, believes
his candidacy will trigger debate on the disease.
"Wage War on AIDS, Kenyan Tells Africa"
Reuters (06/02/94); Mdlongwa, Francis
A Kenyan official on Thursday urged Africa to mount a war against
AIDS, which has infected more than 1.5 percent of the continent's
600 million people, or to suffer devastation. Professor H.
Okoth-Ogendo, head of Kenya's Council for Population and
Development, explained to national leaders how the epidemic had
ravaged east and central Africa, and was surging toward the
south. He said the African governments' most urgent imperatives
were massive funding to buy condoms and AIDS therapeutics;
elimination of import duties and taxes on these products, thereby
making them more available to the young people who are most at
risk; and better campaigns to combat the epidemic.
"Memorable Mix"
Chicago Tribune (06/02/94) P. 2-5; Dellios, Hugh
The California fashion trade's recent tribute to designer Isaac
Mizrahi, at $350 per person, raised half a million dollars for
AIDS Project Los Angeles, a non-profit organization that services
the needs of AIDS patients and seeks to prevent further spread of
the disease. The show, which launched Mizrahi's fall collection,
also included a performance by singer k.d. lang, as well as an
auction. Mizrahi, 32, has been commended for his support of AIDS
research and patient support efforts.
"AIDS Doesn't Discriminate"
Houston Chronicle (06/02/94) P. 5; Huynh, Dai
Fifteen students at Houston's High School for the Performing and
Visual Arts make up the cast of "The Age of Discretion," a play
that seeks to send teenagers a wake-up call about AIDS. The play
covers homosexuality, drugs, and sex; the message is that AIDS
knows no boundaries. It began touring last year and, since then,
has been presented at more than 45 schools in Houston and the
surrounding areas.
"The Story of O"
Advocate (05/17/94) No. 655, P. 28; Gallagher, John
French health officials removed an HIV antibody test from the
market because it consistently failed to detect a rare African
strain of the virus. The HIV-1 subtype, known as group O, poses
no immediate threat to the United States, but merits close
scrutiny, say AIDS researchers. "At the moment it has no
significance for this country, but everyone involved in AIDS
research is keeping a close eye on it," said Dr. Herbert Perkins,
senior medical scientist at the Irwin Memorial Blood Centers in
San Francisco. He noted that because HIV can change genetically,
other subtypes could develop that are able to escape detection by
antibody tests. Group O was first discovered four years ago, and
is primarily found in Cameroon and Gabon. French officials
reported that 11 cases of infection with the group O subtype had
been documented in France, most of which involved patients from
Cameroon. After pulling one antibody test from the market, the
French urged a re-evaluation of other HIV antibody tests. Donald
McLearn, a spokesman for the Food and Drug Administration, said
that American HIV antibody tests are not designed to detect group
O, but that they could most likely be modified to do so. Perkins
confirmed that the test pulled from the French market differs
significantly from those used in the United States, where no
group O viruses have been detected.
"Protecting Women From AIDS"
Lancet (05/21/94) Vol. 343, No. 8908, P. 1284; Rowe, Paul M.
Despite health education campaigns, risky sexual activities are
still common among Americans, and are especially severe in the
Haitian, Jamaican, and Latina communities. The National AIDS
Behaviour Study found that 11 percent of American women between
the ages of 18 and 49 were at some risk for HIV infection. Among
Latina women, many clung to the myth that women should be
submissive and less sexually knowledgeable than men. And among
the poor and uneducated Haitian immigrants in Florida, extreme
culture and language barriers rendered the idea of "safe sex"
completely useless. Most of these women believe disease is
caused by supernatural causes, and many are economically
dependent on their partners--who are often promiscuous. They
have very little control over their own lives. Under such
conditions, women are not positioned to negotiate safe sex, and
even those who are better-positioned do not consider it
worthwhile.
"Partner Preferences and Serostatus"
Focus (05/94) Vol. 8, No. 6, P. 7; Colleen, C.; Hoff, B.A.;
McKusick, L. et al.
Serostatus may influence the formation of primary partner bonds
in gay male communities, according to a large San Francisco
study. Researchers conducted a mail survey of 540 homosexual
men--of whom 29 percent were HIV-positive, 38 percent were
HIV-negative, and 29 percent had not been tested. Respondents
were asked about sexual behavior, antibody testing status, AIDS
loss and relationship status, and partner preference.
Seronegative and untested respondents were more likely to prefer
uninfected partners for relationships, while seropositive
respondents said HIV status was unimportant. Researchers found
no correlation between current relationship status and serostatus
preference for romantic or platonic relationships. The exception
was that single men were more apt then men in relationships to
base a preference for friendship on HIV status.