title: Epidemiology of HIV and AIDS in the Asia-Pacific region.
abstract: The incidence of new HIV infections in Asia and the Pacific will soon pass that in Africa and is projected to increase into the next century. The AIDS epidemic arising from these infections will have enormous consequences for the health and socioeconomic development of a region encompassing more than half the world's population.
authors.affiliation: National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Dore
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kaldor
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ungchusak
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Mertens
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D010139:Pacific Islands / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence