Where the AIDS virus hides away

Mohs math – where the error hides

BACKGROUND Mohs surgical technique allows a full view of surgical margins and has a reported cure rate approaching 100%. METHOD A survey amongst Mohs surgeons was performed to assess operator technique. In addition, an animated clay model was constructed to identify and quantify tissue movement seen during the processing of Mohs surgical specimens. RESULTS There is variability in technique ...

Legislating AIDS away.

Every 18 seconds someone, somewhere is infected with HIV. The scale of the epidemic has not been exaggerated. On average, HIV-infected individuals have their immune system destroyed by this virus over a 9 year period, resulting in the acquisition after that time of an immune deficiency state (AIDS). Once defenceless, many organisms may seize upon the opportunity presented and infect an unresist...

Legislating AIDS away: the limited role of legal persuasion in minimizing the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus.

HIV and AIDS: where is the epidemic going?

Routine surveillance of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection and AIDS has been established over the past decade in many countries around the world. HIV estimates derived from empirical data are essential to the assessment of the HIV situation in different parts of the world and trends are used in tracking the development of regional epidemics, thereby keeping intervention activities foc...

Television coverage of AIDS and transmission of the AIDS virus.

The introduction of the government framework " The national strategy for sexual health and HIV " 1 is necessary for attempts to prevent sexual causes of premature death and ill health, at a time when transmission of HIV is at a record level and heterosexual intercourse is the most commonly reported mode of transmission. However, policy formation alone will not be effective in the fight against ...