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Article: Sex Researchers Warning About Heterosexual AIDS;Masters, Johnson Say Rate Underestimated
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- The Washington Post
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- March 6, 1988
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A study by human sexuality researchers William H. Masters and
Virginia E. Johnson states that the number of heterosexuals infected
with the AIDS virus has been "gravely underestimated," but public
health officials question their research methods.
The findings, in sharp contrast to those of almost any other
researcher, will be published in Monday's issue of Newsweek. Most
recent studies indicate that far fewer than one percent of
heterosexuals carry the AIDS virus.
The Masters and Johnson study, however, found that among 400
heterosexuals with at least six sex partners a year for the past five
years, 7 percent of the women and 5 percent of the men were infected
with the human ...