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Title: Stops transmission-fluid leaks
Alternative Title: Use condoms. There's living proof they stop AIDS
[Condom] stops transmission-fluid leaks
Creator: McElhaney, Jeff
Contributor: Sprecher, Allan
Publication Information: Baltimore (Md.)
Health Education Resource Organization (Baltimore, Md.)
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Medicine and Science
Collection: AIDS Posters Collection
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Description: Additional poster text: Recently, top researchers filled condoms with AIDS virus-infected fluid and subjected them to pressure tests for three weeks. No virus leaked through. The fact of life here: Wearing condoms stops AIDS from spreading. So try out this newfound bit of carnal knowledge: Using a condom can save your life.
Poster held by Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. History & Special Collections, Collection no. 306, item US018.
Poster depicts a black and white photograph of a used, stretched out condom. The image of the condom connects to the title to suggest the importance of a condom as prevention to the transmission of AIDS.
Type: image
Identifier: US018
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Language: English
Subject: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control
Condoms
Testing
AIDS (Disease)--Transmission
Source: AIDS Posters Collection

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