THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AIDS AND RELATED CONDITIONS

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THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AIDS AND RELATED CONDITIONS

AIDS. Etiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention. DeVita VT, Hellman S, Rosenberg SA, eds. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, p. 1-30, 1985.. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/86616572
Goedert JJ; Blattner WA; Family Studies Section, Environmental Epidemiology Branch, NCI,; NIH, Bethesda, MD

Abstract: The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a highly lethal epidemic that was first reported in May, 1981. It appears to be a truly new condition in each of the populations it has affected, and a host of theories have been offered about its origins and etiology. The current understanding of the epidemiology of AIDS and related clinical and subclinical conditions is based on a synthesis of astute clinical observations, descriptive studies of changes in disease patterns over time and place, and analytic investigations designed to test hypotheses generated by the first two methods. The epidemiology of AIDS and related conditions is discussed under the following headings: definitions (AIDS; pediatric AIDS; simian AIDS; lesser AIDS; persistent generalized lymphadenopathy; AIDS-related complex; subclinical immunologic abnormalities; human T-cell leukemic virus Type III (HTLV-III)/lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) and its antibodies), demography of AIDS (United States; Haiti; Europe, Africa, and elsewhere), risk factors for AIDS and related conditions (homosexual men; parenteral drug users; Haitians; hemophiliacs; recipients of blood transfusions and blood products; infants and children; contacts of high-risk persons or specimens), natural history of HTLV-III infection (pre-antibody period; preclinical and early clinical period; incubation period and incidence of AIDS and lesser AIDS), and the spectrum of AIDS (origins of HTLV-III and AIDS; cancers other than Kaposi's sarcoma; AIDS in the future). (128 Refs)

Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/ ETIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Adolescence Adult Africa Antibodies, Viral/ANALYSIS Blood Transfusion/ADVERSE EFFECTS Child Europe Female Haiti Homosexuality Human HTLV-BLV Viruses/IMMUNOLOGY Lymphatic Diseases/COMPLICATIONS Male Neoplasms/COMPLICATIONS *Retroviridae Infections Risk Sex Behavior Substance Abuse United States MONOGRAPH REVIEW

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