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- catalog abstract "This publication reflects the interest and concern of the community of workers and scientists in the health field in the face of the problem caused by acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the Region of the Americas. It constitutes what could be considered an epidemiologic mosiac of the similiarities and differences of AIDS and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in various countries and subregions of the Hemisphere. The North American experience, in which transmission among homosexuals and by contaminated needles and syringes predominates, contrasts with the rapid changes observed in the distribution of cases in the English-speaking Caribbean and Haiti, where an increasing number of women are affected by AIDS, and with the persistence of blood transmission in countries of Latin America. The first part of this publication provides a descriptive and analytic sample of the epidemiology of AIDS that-ranging from the northern to the southern end of the Hemisphere-comprises Canada, the United States of America, Mexico, Columbia, and Brazil, as well as Cuba and the English-speaking Caribbean. Interestingly, some of the articles not only document what has happened with the disease, but venture projections, derived from various premises and forecasting techniques, about the future of the epidemic. Withal, the consensus is that the problem will get considerably worse in the near future (Regional Adviser-PAHO).".
- catalog contributor b2338578.
- catalog contributor b2338579.
- catalog created "1989.".
- catalog date "1989".
- catalog date "1989.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1989.".
- catalog description "Canadian experiences with AIDS and HIV infection / A. Adrien, C. Hankins & R. Remis -- The Canadian National AIDS program / A.J. Clayton & A.S. Meltzer.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographies.".
- catalog description "This publication reflects the interest and concern of the community of workers and scientists in the health field in the face of the problem caused by acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the Region of the Americas. It constitutes what could be considered an epidemiologic mosiac of the similiarities and differences of AIDS and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in various countries and subregions of the Hemisphere. The North American experience, in which transmission among homosexuals and by contaminated needles and syringes predominates, contrasts with the rapid changes observed in the distribution of cases in the English-speaking Caribbean and Haiti, where an increasing number of women are affected by AIDS, and with the persistence of blood transmission in countries of Latin America. The first part of this publication provides a descriptive and analytic sample of the epidemiology of AIDS that-ranging from the northern to the southern end of the Hemisphere-comprises Canada, the United States of America, Mexico, Columbia, and Brazil, as well as Cuba and the English-speaking Caribbean. Interestingly, some of the articles not only document what has happened with the disease, but venture projections, derived from various premises and forecasting techniques, about the future of the epidemic. Withal, the consensus is that the problem will get considerably worse in the near future (Regional Adviser-PAHO).".
- catalog extent "xvii, 365 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "AIDS, profile of an epidemic.".
- catalog identifier "9275115141".
- catalog isFormatOf "AIDS, profile of an epidemic.".
- catalog isPartOf "Publicaciones científicas (Washington, D.C.) ; no. 514".
- catalog isPartOf "Scientific publication ; no. 514".
- catalog issued "1989".
- catalog issued "1989.".
- catalog language "eng eng".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Pan American Health Organization, Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the World Health Organization,".
- catalog relation "AIDS, profile of an epidemic.".
- catalog spatial "Americas.".
- catalog subject "AIDS (Disease) Epidemiology.".
- catalog subject "Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Americas.".
- catalog subject "Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome epidemiology Americas.".
- catalog subject "Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome epidemiology.".
- catalog subject "Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome prevention & control.".
- catalog subject "RA10 .P252 no. 514".
- catalog subject "W1 SC863D no.514 1989".
- catalog subject "WD 308 A288391 1989".
- catalog tableOfContents "Canadian experiences with AIDS and HIV infection / A. Adrien, C. Hankins & R. Remis -- The Canadian National AIDS program / A.J. Clayton & A.S. Meltzer.".
- catalog title "AIDS, profile of an epidemic.".
- catalog type "text".