within the uncertainties of the available information on sexual behaviour in our society , on the risk of transmission and on the natural history of the infection , the model predicts : the infection will be self-sustaining in the heterosexual as in the homosexual population , the equilibrium prevalence of htlv-iii infection may attain 500-800 per 1000 among promiscuous male homosexuals and female prostitutes : 1 to 5 per 1000 among non-promiscuous heterosexual males and females : and 8 to 15 per 1000 overall , these equilibria will be reached in about 10 years among the promiscuous classes , but not for 40 years among the less promiscuous , this implies 20,000 to 40,000 deaths from aids per year in the u.k. , these estimates will be modified by behaviour changes in the population as a whole , responding to fear of infection and to health-education approaches , but substantial control will depend upon the production of a vaccine and its preferential use in the promiscuous classes .
C0009450
infection
C0019693
htlv-iii infection