Infect Dis Clin N Am 21 (2007) 1–17 Global Epidemiology of HIV-AIDS Salim S. Abdool Karim, MBChB, PhDa,b,*, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, PhDa,b, Eleanor Gouws, MSc, MPHc, Cheryl Baxter, MSca a Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa–CAPRISA,...
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Infect Dis Clin N Am 21 (2007) 1–17 Global Epidemiology of HIV-AIDS Salim S. Abdool Karim, MBChB, PhDa,b,*, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, PhDa,b, Eleanor Gouws, MSc, MPHc, Cheryl Baxter, MSca a Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa–CAPRISA, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute (2nd Floor), Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X7, Congella, 4013 Durban, South Africa b Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA c Department of Policy, Evidence and Partnerships, UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland HIV, the cause of AIDS, has in the 25 years since its discovery spread rapidly to every region in the world [1]. To date, more than 65 million people have been infected with HIV and about 25 million people have died from AIDS [1]. In the current decade of the epidemic, there has been a substantial increase in HIV infection in women, and about 40% of all new infect
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