The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Marjorie Opuni, Bernhard Schwartländer, J. Ties Boerma, and Karen Stanecki
from: AIDS Vaccine Development: Challenges and Opportunities (Edited by: Wayne Koff, Patricia Kahn and Ian D. Gust). Caister Academic Press, U.K. (2007)
Abstract
Over 65 million people have been infected with HIV since AIDS was first recognized in 1981, and over 25 million of them have died. AIDS is thus the worst epidemic to strike humanity in recorded history. This chapter provides an overview of the HIV and AIDS epidemic by region, highlighting epidemiological trends, the genetic diversity of HIV and differences in the modes of HIV transmission. It then discusses the need for an AIDS vaccine as well as the components of expanded responses to HIV/AIDS and how these can curb the epidemic and its impact read more ...
