Drug Abuse. and Mental Health Administration to improve laboratory diagnoses. conduct studies on AIDS outbreaks in the United States and around the world. expand investigation of transfusionassociated cases and cases involving other identifiable demographic groups. and improve the AIDS reporting network to isolate new outbreaks. Perhaps of equal importance. support or further research for a cure for AIDS will quiet much of the anxiety and fear which has gripped areas of the country where this disease has been found. Members of the most common AIDS victim groupsmost notably homosexuals. hemophiliacs. and Haitian immigrantshave been victims of additional discrimination and often of rejection and misunderstanding by their families and friends. Because AIDS has been associated with some blood transfusions. many patients have approached this procedure with additional apprehension. The disease itself can be eliminated only when a cure or treatment is developed. but public fears can be lessened by our willingness to continue support for AIDS research.
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