title: Global aspects of the AIDS epidemic.
abstract: The Global Programme on AIDS monitors this epidemic in all countries that report cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome to the World Health Organization. The present trends show a dramatic increase in the heterosexual distribution in Africa, Thailand, and some Latin American countries. According to the World Health Organization's prediction, about 4 million infants will have been born to HIV-infected women by the year 2000. Because many HIV-infected patients will have oral manifestations, there is a great challenge to the dental profession.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Royal Dental College, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Pindborg
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D000328:Adult; D001727:Bisexuality; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D014943:Global Health; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D012737:Sex Factors; D012747:Sexual Partners; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous; D014944:World Health Organization