       Document 0575
 DOCN  M9610575
 TI    The AIDS epidemic.
 DT    9601
 AU    Galli M; Santambrogio S; Infectious Diseases Clinic, L. Sacco Hospital,
       University of; Milan, Italy.
 SO    Q J Nucl Med. 1995 Sep;39(3):147-55. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96033584
 AB    AIDS epidemic began about 15 years ago; since then, the number of new
       cases have increased over time. By the end of 1994, 1,025,073 AIDS cases
       had been reported to the WHO, with a 20% increase in the number of cases
       since December 1993. As is now evident that the majority of cases occur
       in developing countries, under-diagnosis, under-reporting and delays in
       reporting explain the big difference existing between reported and
       estimated AIDS cases, giving a 4.5 million cumulative AIDS cases
       worldwide, as of late 1994. In the industrialized countries, the spread
       of HIV infection began in the late 1970's or early 1980's among
       homosexual men and IVDU's. Heterosexual transmission was, at first, very
       limited, though recent data has shown an increase in its diffusion. On
       the contrary, in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, transmission was
       almost exclusively heterosexual. High rates of infection among young
       women led to a corresponding increase of perinatal transmission,
       infecting more than 1.5 million children since the beginning of the
       pandemic. The estimated number of HIV infections worldwide, as of late
       1994, is of 17 millions. Thus, even if some evidence indicates a
       possible decline of the pandemic in industrialized countries over the
       next few years, probably because heterosexual transmission was less
       common, developing countries appear to present an increasing number of
       HIV infections in young people and, consequently, in children. The real
       impact of such an epidemic is stressed by the fact that HIV is becoming
       the leading cause of death among, young people, both in industrialized
       and developing countries.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Disease
       Transmission, Vertical  Female  Human  Male  Population Surveillance
       Pregnancy  Pregnancy Complications, Infectious  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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