MICROBIO 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Blood Transfusion, Magic Johnson

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Microbiology
• Course: MICROBIO 160
• Professor: Mitchell Walkowicz

Document Summary

Biology of cancer and aids 12/4/15: aids in the us and world. 46% of hiv infection in 2010 is african american: population of aas in us is 12-15% 55,000 newly infected: majority of cases is msm black and white. About 1 million cases in the us: don"t know they"re infected and aren"t being tested. Idu is constant, plus new needle exchange programs = rate of infection by. Idu is flattening out: needle exchange program support lowering hiv transmission, people who shoot heroin are going to shoot heroin no matter what, might as well give them clean needles. 2. 1 percent of heterosexuals living in high-poverty urban areas in the us are infected with hiv. Percent hiv-positive increases as annual income decreases. 2% of blacks in the us age 18-49 were hiv positive (1999-2006) Aids is the leading cause of death among black women ages 25-34.