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AIDS: AN OVERVIEW

Aids and Infections of Homosexual Men. Second Edition. Ma P and Armstrong D, eds. Boston, Butterworths, p. 471-7 1989.. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/90659655
Kean BH; Dept. of Medicine, Div. of International Medicine, Cornell Univ.; Medical Coll., New York, NY

Abstract: AIDS already has had an enormous effect in the United States and throughout the world, with 5-10 million people thought to be infected in 135 countries; 250,000 already dead or about to die; 365,000 cases projected for the United States by 1992; and an estimated 22 billion dollars of cumulative costs in the United States between 1980 and 1991. The recent history of the AIDS epidemic is reviewed and compared with that of other epidemics. Also, the viruses, bacteria, rickettsia, fungi, and parasites co-infecting patients (pts) with AIDS are discussed. Based on the experience with parasites known to infect pts with AIDS, it appears that the immunologic defect that permits opportunistic infections in AIDS is discriminatory and that pts are protected against many infections by other biologic mechanisms, both serologic and cellular. As with all other epidemics, the AIDS epidemic will peak and subside, with or without scientific intervention. The future should include a multifaceted attack on all aspects of AIDS by NIH, medical schools and universities, and the biomedical industry. Undoubtedly, this will require accelerated procedures and more funding. (20 Refs)
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL/ *TRANSMISSION *Homosexuality Human HIV/*PATHOGENICITY Male Opportunistic Infections/TRANSMISSION Risk Factors MONOGRAPH REVIEW REVIEW, TUTORIALKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/prevention&control/KWDtransmissionKWDhomosexualityhumanhiv/KWDpathogenicitymaleopportunisticinfections/transmissionriskfactorsmonographreviewreview,tutorial
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