Berkely S
Health Sciences Division, Rockefeller Foundation, New York, New York 10036.
Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Nov;17 Suppl 2:S329-36. doi: 10.1093/clinids/17.supplement_2.s329.
The pandemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is rapidly becoming a tropical disease. Sub-Saharan Africa alone currently accounts for approximately 60% of the estimated > 11 million infections worldwide. In Africa the virus is transmitted heterosexually and in many areas is now widely dispersed in the general population. Spread of HIV in Asia has been more recent, with current estimates of 2 million infections, but has been very rapid in South and Southeast Asia. In Thailand extensive transmission of the virus has occurred over the last 5 years. Initially, infections were seen in users of intravenous drugs and in commercial sex workers; now, however, HIV has spread to the general population. Recent, although incomplete, data from India suggest an epidemic curve reminiscent of the early epidemic in Africa and Thailand. With this rapid spread of the infection, there may be as many as 26 million infections--most in developing countries--by the year 2000.
人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）感染的大流行正迅速演变成一种热带疾病。仅撒哈拉以南非洲地区目前就占全球估计超过1100万感染者的约60%。在非洲，该病毒通过异性传播，且在许多地区现已广泛传播至普通人群。HIV在亚洲的传播较晚，目前估计有200万感染者，但在南亚和东南亚传播速度极快。在泰国，过去5年里该病毒已广泛传播。最初，感染者见于静脉吸毒者和商业性工作者；然而现在，HIV已传播至普通人群。来自印度的近期数据虽不完整，但显示出的流行曲线让人联想到非洲和泰国早期的疫情。随着这种感染的迅速传播，到2000年可能会有多达2600万感染者——其中大多数在发展中国家。
