Document 0230
 DOCN  M9550230
 TI    The global HIV pandemic.
 DT    9505
 AU    Stoneburner RL; Sato P; Burton A; Mertens T; Global Programme on AIDS,
       World Health Organization, Geneva,; Switzerland.
 SO    Acta Paediatr Suppl. 1994 Aug;400:1-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95135006
 AB    The paper reviews the distribution, transmission patterns, and likely
       impacts of the HIV pandemic at the beginning of 1993. As of early 1993,
       a cumulative total of 611,589 cases of AIDS were reported to the World
       Health Organization (WHO); however, because of less than complete
       diagnosis and reporting, the WHO estimates that a total of 2.5 million
       cases of AIDS had actually occurred. As of early 1993, the WHO estimates
       that there have been approximately 13 million infections, of which about
       1 million have been in children. By the year 2000 the WHO predicts that
       there will be 30-40 million cumulative infections in the world, of which
       90% will be in developing countries and almost half will be among women.
       The epidemic of HIV infection in the decade of the 1980s will result in
       an epidemic of AIDS in the 1990s, which will place great social and
       economic strains on many countries, particularly those in many areas of
       the developing world.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Adult
       Child  Female  Human  HIV Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION
       Incidence  Male  Prevalence  Risk Factors  Risk-Taking  Sex Behavior
       Sex Factors  World Health Organization  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW,
       TUTORIAL

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