title: Global aspects of HIV pandemic.
abstract: Twice a year, the World Health Organization publishes reports on AIDS from member countries. At the most recent publication, 190 countries reported that they had no AIDS cases. The other countries reported 611,589 AIDS cases. The introduction will give a brief account of the HIV epidemiology, pointing out the areas where a rapid worsening is taking place.
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Manifestations of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Dental Department, University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Pindborg
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000453:epidemiology; D009656:North America / Q000453:epidemiology; D010139:Pacific Islands / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D014944:World Health Organization