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Document 0452
DOCN M9620452
TI [The epidemiology and cost of AIDS in France]
DT 9602
AU Trotot PM; Lamoureux P; Pialoux G; Institut Pasteur, Radiodiagnostic,
Paris.
SO J Neuroradiol. 1995 Sep;22(3):136-41. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96043306
AB Throughout the world the AIDS epidemic continues and even seems to
accelerate in regions previously thought to be untouched. The number of
cases has increased by 60% in one year. With its 15,000 seropositive
persons and 35,000 cases of declared AIDS, France is the most affected
of all European countries. Sexual contamination remains predominant with
a relative increase of heterosexual transmissions. However, particularly
in the South, transmission is prevalent in intra-venous drug addicts. In
all cases worldwide it is the socially deprived, marginal and fragile
populations which are the most vulnerable. Various previsions are
possible in France, depending on the prophylactic measures applied. In
any event, the number of seropositive subjects should be levelling out
at the end of this decade, and the prevalence of the disease should
stabilized at between 15,000 to 20,000 patients. At present, the cost of
AIDS exceeds 5.5 billion francs.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*ECONOMICS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/ PREVENTION
& CONTROL/TRANSMISSION Adult Disease Outbreaks/ECONOMICS/PREVENTION &
CONTROL English Abstract Europe/EPIDEMIOLOGY Female
France/EPIDEMIOLOGY Human HIV
Infections/ECONOMICS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/ TRANSMISSION
HIV Seropositivity/ECONOMICS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Male Middle Age
Sex Behavior Social Class Substance Abuse, Intravenous JOURNAL
ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
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