Global epidemiology of HIV-AIDS.
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2007
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WB Saunders.
Abstract
HIV, the cause of AIDS, has in the 25 years since its discovery spread
rapidly to every region in the world [1]. To date, more than 65 million people
have been infected with HIV and about 25 million people have died from
AIDS [1]. In the current decade of the epidemic, there has been a substantial
increase in HIV infection in women, and about 40% of all new infections
among adults occurred in young people 15 to 24 years of age. At the end
of 2006 [2], the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
estimated that there were a total of 39.5 million (34.1–47.1 million) adults
and children living with HIV. In 2006, a total of 4.3 million (3.6–6.6 million)
new infections occurred and 2.9 million (2.5–3.5 million) people died from
AIDS.
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Keywords
HIV infections--Epidemiology., AIDS (Disease)--Epidemiology., HIV infections--Transmission., HIV infections--Philippines., HIV infections--United States of America., HIV infections--South Africa.
Citation
Abdool Karim, S.S., et al. 2007. Global epidemiology of HIV-AIDS. Infect Dis Clin N Am 21 (1) pp. 1–17.