title: [The AIDS pandemic].
abstract: An analysis of the distribution of HIV-infections in different countries permits to distinguish 3 different patterns. Type 1 occurs in North America, Western Europe, parts of South America, Australia and New Zealand. Type 2 is found in Africa, in sub-Saharan regions and in the Caribbean sea. Type 3 prevails in Eastern Europe, in North Africa, in the Middle East, in Asia, in most of the Pacific and in many parts of Latin America. 138 countries have reported 100.410 AIDS-cases until June 30, 1988. Actually, it can be assumed, that by now approximately 5 million people are infected with HIV, of these about 1.5 million are women. As of mid 1988 over 200.000 persons have clinically manifested AIDS, in addition, 150.000 more cases are expected to occur in the remainder of 1988 and this figure will grow to over a million cases by the early 1990ies. The impact of the AIDS-pandemic on the social and economic structures will grow to very large dimensions in some countries.
authors.affiliation: Department Surveillance, Forecasting and Impact Assessment, World Health Organization Headquarters, Genf, Schweiz.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luger
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006678:HIV / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Die AIDS-Pandemie.