The secret epidemic : the story of AIDS and Black America / Jacob Levenson.

"As we enter the twenty-first century, AIDS in America has become primarily a black disease. African Americans now constitute 50 percent of all new HIV cases, and AIDS is one of the top causes of death in young black men and women." "In The Secret Epidemic, Jacob Levenson tells this s...

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Main Author: Levenson, Jacob.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, [2004]
Edition:First edition.
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