The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and infection with the human
immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) constitute a worldwide public health problem …

Introduction The West and Central Africa (WCA) sub‐region is the most populous region of
sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), with an estimated population of 356 million living in 24 countries …

Human immunodeficiency virus type-2 (HIV-2) is a close relative of the prototype acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) virus, HIV-1. HIV-2 is biologically similar to HIV-1, but …

Objective To assess clinic-and community-based trends in demographic and behavioral
characteristics and clinic-based trends in HIV infection and other sexually transmitted …

Significant differences have been observed in the rates of transmission and disease
development in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) types 1 and 2. Because many HIV-2 …

The consensus among influential AIDS experts that heterosexual transmission accounts for
90% of HIV infections in African adults emerged no later than 1988. We examine evidence …

Because AIDS affects primarily the most productive age group and is fatal and widespread, it
will have a larger impact on African development than other more common diseases …

In a community based prevalence study of HIV infection in Bissau, West Africa, 1987, the
population in 100 randomly selected" houses" was asked to participate. 89%(1329/1499) …

OBJECTIVE--To define the geographical distribution of HIV infection and the community
characteristics associated with HIV prevalence in a rural population of Uganda. DESIGN …

Abstract Information on the extent of genetic variability among non-human primate
lentiviruses related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is sorely lacking. Here we …