Edited by Eric A. Feldman and Ronald Bayer. 375 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 1999. $29.95 (paper); $49.50 (cloth). ISBN 0-19-513160-6 (paper); 0-19-512929-6 (cloth).
On July 16, 1982, the Centers for Disease Control reported theoccurrence of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in three male patientswith severe hemophilia A and no other underlying disease. Theclinical and immunologic features — which were those ofthe syndrome soon to be known as AIDS — were strikinglysimilar to those in previously reported cases in homosexualmen, heterosexuals who had used injected drugs, and Haitianswho had recently migrated to the United States. All three ofthe patients with hemophilia had received frequent injectionsof factor VIII concentrate. The editorial note in Morbidityand Mortality Weekly Report. . . [Full Text of this Article]
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