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A study of AIDS patients in Atlanta suggests that only about one in 10 inner-city dwellers infected with HIV receive treatment that can help keep the virus from causing illness or death, United Press International reports. In a study presented at the 8th Annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, researchers reported that of 135 inner-city AIDS patients studied, only 12 had their disease controlled by available drugs. Only 55 of the diagnosed patientsabout 40%returned at all to the clinic where the study was conducted after receiving the results of their HIV tests. There is a vast difference between being able to detect human immunodeficiency virus and gaining treatment compliance, said lead researcher Carlos del Rio, an associate professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. Unfortunately, the road between diagnosis and therapeutic success in this inner-city setting is truly a road less traveled. David Scondras, an AIDS activist with Boston-based Search for a Cure, said that Del Rios figures are not surprising considering the multiple factors of poverty, social estrangement, and lack of education often seen among patients who rely on inner-city clinics.
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