ADVISORY/CDC Study Finds Some Men with AIDS Still Engage in Risky Activity.

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ADVISORY...

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 2000

TOPIC: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a survey of 513 men diagnosed with AIDS and found that many in this high-risk group are participating in activities that can spread the disease, according to an Associated Press report. The results show that 34 percent of the men used intravenous drugs and that, of those who are sexually active, almost 50 percent did not use condoms. Most of the participants in the study were from Southern and Western regions of the United States.

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Dr. Jeffrey Fessel, director, HIV Research Unit/Northern California, Clinical Professor Emeritus/UCSF, has published more than 90 articles and book chapters on AIDS and HIV, internal medicine, and rheumatology. He is Director of the HIV Research Unit at Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco. He is a former Chief of Medicine and Director of Residency Training at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco. He will present information on a new blood test for HIV at World AIDS Day in South Africa in July, 2000. 510/271-5826 PR: Laura Marshall, Media Relations Consultant ([e-mail]).

Dr. Mark Katz, regional HIV/AIDS physician coordinator of Kaiser Permanente, has an extensive background in AIDS/HIV and has delivered more than 300 public addresses on HIV. 510/271-5826 PR: Laura Marshall, Media Relations Consultant ([e-mail]).

Dr. Michael Clement, physician, assistant clinical professor for Kaiser Permanente, helped establish the new practice model for HIV disease, one of the first speciality care models for case management at Kaiser Permanente. 510/271-5826 PR: Laura Marshall, Media Relations Consultant ([e-mail]).

Professor Colin M. Ramsay, of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, can discuss AIDS and statistics. 402/472-5823 402/472-7211 (University PR Phone)

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