AIDS Estimates Called Low
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WASHINGTON — The number of Americans infected with the AIDS virus may be twice the federal estimates, and infection among the heterosexual population may be three times as high, according to a report released today by the Hudson Institute, a privately financed research organization.
Kevin R. Hopkins, a Hudson Institute mathematician, said a study using more sophisticated techniques than are used by the Centers for Disease Control shows that as many as 3 million Americans may be infected with the human immunodeficiency virus which causes AIDS.
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