title: [the epidemiology of HIV infection].
abstract: By the end of 1998, estimates indicate that 33.4 millions people were infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Over two-thirds of these people live in Sub-Saharian Africa, where HIV has mostly spread through sex between men and women. Today, the epidemic is spreading rapidly in the southern countries of Africa. One-fifth of infected people live in South and South-East Asia, where the epidemic was identified from 1992, mostly in intra-venous drug injectors, sex workers and their clients. In Latin America (4% of infected people), men who have sex with men and drug injectors are the transmission categories mostly concerned. Countries of North America and western Europe concentrated 2.7% of infected people. HIV incidence is stable and AIDS cases in many industrialized countries are falling. AIDS is one of the ten first causes of death in the world; early testing and prevention should remain a high priority in all countries over the world.
authors.affiliation: Unité INSERM 330 Université Victor-Segalen Bordeaux 2.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chêne
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara / Q000453:epidemiology; D000353:Africa, Southern / Q000453:epidemiology; D000368:Aged; D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001210:Asia, Southeastern / Q000453:epidemiology; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019049:Developed Countries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006292:Health Priorities; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007843:Latin America / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009656:North America / Q000453:epidemiology; D011477:Sex Work / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Epidémiologie de l'infection par le VIH.