Word: hiv
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...that the number of deaths from AIDS had declined in the United States for the first time since the beginning of the epidemic in the early '80s. Though this decline was attributed to scientific innovation and more effective preventive education, it was also a deceptive indicator of trends in HIV infection in some segments of the population. In fact, the number of HIV cases among women, children and minority groups in the United States continued to rise through...
Inequity, in terms of a particular group's or individual's susceptibility to HIV infection, is a complex issue that involves biology but also economic and social status and cultural biases and taboos. And while these factors are contributing greatly to the rise of HIV in particular groups in the U.S., they are making their presence felt much more greatly in other regions of the world...
Many developing countries are now facing exploding rates of infection that far outstrip those seen in the U.S., both in magnitude and rate of growth. More than 90 percent of all new HIV cases are in developing countries. It was in Manipur, India, in the early 1990s that the fastest growth rate of HIV infection in the world was recorded. Within less than 18 months, rates of infection among the city's intravenous drug users skyrocketed from less than 2 percent to more than 90 percent. India now has more than 5 million cases of HIV, more than any other...
Although they have been affected most severely in recent years, South and Southeast Asia are not alone. Sub-Saharan Africa has battled with HIV for years and still has the largest number of HIV cases as a region. Russia is now experiencing rapid growth in HIV infection, and Eastern Europe, Latin America and China are rapidly joining the ranks of countries severely affected by AIDS...
...that doesn't bring it home, try this: While 1 in 100 have HIV, only 10 percent of those infected know they have the virus. And remember, despite the success of protease inhibitors in battling the symptoms, there is no known cure...