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LSkkkk immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a serious disease epidemic unparalleled in modern medicine. In the United States, 26,000 AIDS cases have been diagnosed since the syndrome was identified in 1981, and the incidence of AIDS more than doubles each year (Centers for Disease Control, 1986a; Centers for Disease Control, 1986b). It is estimated that over 1 million persons have been exposed to the HTLV-III virus responsible for AIDS, that AIDS cases will number in the hundreds of thousands within a few years, and that an even larger number of persons will be affected by AIDS-related conditions (ARC)(Curran, Morgan, Hardy, Jaffe, Darrow, & Dowdle, 1985; Ismach, 1985). In its full clinical form, AIDS appears to be invariably fatal; mortality associated with the disease exceeds 80% two years following diagnosis (Quinn, 1985). The National Insitutes of Health have designated AIDS as their primary …