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In just over a decade, the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has become the most serious infectious disease in contemporary history. Since 1981, more than a quarter of a million individuals have been diagnosed with AIDS and over one million Americans are estimated to have been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the pathogen found to cause AIDS (Centers for Disease Control, 1993). The HIV epidemic has disproportionately affected gay and bisexual men, injection drug users and their female sex partners, and the infants of these women, while rapidly becoming one of the top ten causes of death among men and women between 24 and 45 years of age (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Review, 1991).
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DiClemente, R.J., Peterson, J.L. (1994). Changing HIV/AIDS Risk Behaviors. In: DiClemente, R.J., Peterson, J.L. (eds) Preventing AIDS. AIDS Prevention and Mental Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1193-3_1
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