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Previous Volume 331:391-392 August 11, 1994 Number 6 Next

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The spread of the epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection worldwide depends on the probability of transmission during sexual intercourse between men and women. Globally, the majority of cases of HIV infection are spread heterosexually, and any intervention that reduces the risk of heterosexual transmission must be viewed as potentially life-saving.

Despite repeated pronouncements about the benefits of HIV prevention and the promotion of safer sex, there are remarkably few prospective data demonstrating the effectiveness of condoms in reducing the transmission of HIV. The problem with assessing the effectiveness of condoms in studies of prostitutes and homosexual men with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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