Epidemiology

Western Hemisphere HIV Infection Rate May Be Twice that of Estimates

Published in AIDS Weekly, October 5th, 1998

The Western Hemisphere contains roughly half the number of people in the world known to have AIDS, but epidemiologists are concerned that the true number of people infected with the HIV virus may be twice as high as current estimates, warned the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in its new report, "Health in the Americas."

PAHO experts said the excellent surveillance system in the Americas accounts for the region's high proportion of AIDS cases, but note that of the estimated 33 million people worldwide infected with HIV, only 2.5 million are in the Americas.

In its new report, PAHO detailed successes in the fight against other communicable...

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