title: [The HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa].
abstract: Knowledge useful to the fight against HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa cannot be extrapolated to those coming from industrialized countries. The aim of this article is to review specificities of the African epidemy, in terms of epidiomolgy, natural history, validated therapeutic interventions, and unexplored questions. Far from being without effective tools and research tracks to fight against this plague which decimates a continent, one is above all confronted with a deficit of both mobilization and means.
authors.affiliation: Inserm U.593, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, 146, rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux, France. Xavier.Anglaret@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Anglaret
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salamon
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara / Q000453:epidemiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence