title: Is AIDS in Africa a distinct disease?
abstract: In Africa, opportunistic infections, transmission patterns, and viral subtypes differ from what is seen in the AIDS epidemics of the United States and Europe, yet 2 decades into the epidemic, AIDS researchers have only a shaky handle on the fundamental question: What accounts for these differences? The answers have potentially important implications for both prevention and treatment strategies.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D000349:Africa; D018450:Disease Progression; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System / Q000276:immunology; D015728:Receptors, HIV / Q000502:physiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D015728:Receptors, HIV