Wouldn't it be nice?Twenty percent of U.S. men and women believe that an HIV vaccine HIV vaccine AIDS As of mid-2005, there is no viable anti-HIV vaccine. See AIDS. exists but is being kept secret, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. preliminary findings from a nationwide survey of 3,500 people. (1) This misperception mis·per·ceive tr.v. mis·per·ceived, mis·per·ceiv·ing, mis·per·ceives To perceive incorrectly; misunderstand. mis is more common than average among Hispanics (28%) and blacks (48%), the ethnic and racial groups who have been most affected by HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. and AIDS. Support for research into an HIV vaccine is high--84% of the public overall and virtually all Hispanics and blacks consider it extremely or very important--but is surrounded by misperceptions. Only three-fifths of Americans understand that before a vaccine can be approved for use, it must be tested on thousands of people, and one-third think that participants in clinical trials can acquire HIV from the products being tested. More than 12,000 men and women worldwide have volunteered to take part in HIV vaccine research, including thousands at about 60 research centers in the United States. (1.) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Many Americans think an HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome vaccine already exists, news release, May 15, 2003, <http://www.niaid.nih.gov/newsroom/ releases/may15_03.htm>, accessed June 11, 2003. |
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