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*1 uiic wcic tu any trial witn AIDS only the “tip of the iceberg” is visible, it could only be taken as a rough guess. Actually, by most conservative estimates, the invisible proportion is much greater than the ratio of nine to one which is generally applied to icebergs.
In the Rappahannock/Rapidan Health District, which includes Rappahannock, Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison and Orange counties, there have been four reported cases of AIDS and one AIDS-related Complex to date. Although this number is low compared to the incidence of the disease in other areas of the state, there is no denying that the number of cases in the area is expected to increase significantly.
With each case of the disease, currently we expect fifty people to be blood-positive for the virus. It is estimated that 250 persons in this Health District are blood positive at present. When someone is bloodpositive, they may or may not develop the disease. However, they are able to infect others with the virus. Recent studies indicate 20-30 percent of persons who are infected with the AIDS virus eventually develop the disease.
Virginia State Health Department Epidemiologists report that, as of April 10, 1987, 401 cases of AIDS have been reported in Virginia. On January 15, 1987, the number of cases in Virginia was 348. This reflects a 13 percent increase in the number of cases in Virginia in just three months. Again, we estimate 50 times as many blood-positive persons in the state population as perr
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