Epidemiology of HIV infection and AIDS
Other Modes of Transmission
Throughout the world, the above routes of transmission have accounted for the overwhelming majority of HIV infections, but…
AIDS and HIV infection outside the United States
Within 3 years after the syndrome was recognized in the United States, cases of AIDS were reported from…
Perinatal Transmission
HIV is transmitted from an infected woman to her fetus or newborn during pregnancy or delivery or through…
Transmission Through Parenteral Exposure to Blood or Blood Products
HIV is transmitted to IDUs by parenteral exposure to contaminated injection equipment, including needles. Risk factors for infection…
Transmission in the Health Care Environment
Exposure to HIV-infected blood poses a definite risk for HIV infection for health care, laboratory, and home health…
Epidemiology of HIV infection and AIDS
The first cases of what has become known as the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were reported in mid-1981…
Prevalence and Incidence of HIV Infection in the United States
Trends in reported AIDS cases do not provide a complete picture of the prevalence of the public health…
Indicence and trends of AIDS in the United States
By December 1997, 641,086 cases of AIDS in adults and children had been reported to the CDC; and…
HIV infection and AIDS in the United States
Through December of 1997, the United Nations AIDS Programme (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimate that…
Modes of HIV Transmission
HIV is transmitted primarily through sexual contact, parenteral exposure to blood or blood products, and perinatally from infected…
