Haiti and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Letters and Corrections1 October 1983Haiti and the Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromePETER MOSES, JOHN MOSES, M.D.PETER MOSESSearch for more papers by this author, JOHN MOSES, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-99-4-565_1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: As an outcome of the zealous effort to elucidate factors in the causation of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, frustration has given way to speculation about the health and habits of its victims. Haitians are the target of such conjecture by Leonidas and Hyppolite (1). Although a recent, albeit brief, opportunity to observe illness in rural Haiti hardly qualifies us as experts on indigenous Haitian diseases, we learned enough to be certain that the authors' speculations are not applicable to patients living in small villages. Alcoholism is extremely unusual and almost nonexistent among rural people. The use of...Reference1. LEONIDAS J and HYPPOLITE N. Haiti and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Ann Intern Med. 1983;98:1020-1. LinkGoogle Scholar1. . Update on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)—United States. MMWR. 1982;31:507-14. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. ANDERSON C and BARRIE H. Fatal Pneumocystis pneumonia in an adult: report of a case. Am J Clin Pathol. 1960;34:365-70. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. LYONS H, VINIJCHAIKUL K, and HENNIGAR G. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia unassociated with other disease: clinical and pathological studies. Arch Intern Med. 1981;108:173-80. Google Scholar4. HENNIGAR G, VINIJCHAIKUL K, ROQUE A, and LYONS H. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in an adult: report of a case. Am J Clin Pathol. 1961;35:353-64. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: PETER MOSES; JOHN MOSES, M.D.Affiliations: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited by“Jack In, Young Pioneer”: Frontier Politics, Ecological Entrapment, and the Architecture of CyberspaceThe emergence of HIV/AIDS in the Americas and beyondHIV Infection in the CaribbeanThe exotic and the mundaneThe social classification of AIDS in American epidemiologyApparent Transmission of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type III to a Heterosexual Woman with the Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeJEROME E. GROOPMAN, M.D., M. G. SARNGADHARAN, Ph.D., SYED Z. SALAHUDDIN, M.S., RICHARD BUXBAUM, M.D., MARK S. HUBERMAN, M.D., JOAN KINNIBURGH, R.N., ANN SLISKI, D.Sc., MARY F. McLANE, B.S., MYRON ESSEX, Ph.D., ROBERT C. GALLO, M.D.Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Possibly Arthropod-BorneMARTIN J. BLASER, M.D.Epidemiology, Law, and Social Context 1 October 1983Volume 99, Issue 4Page: 565-565KeywordsAIDSAlcoholismHabits ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1983 PDF downloadLoading ...