A short term projection of HIV infection and AIDS cases in Cameroon.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
; 86(4): 435-7, 1992.
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ABSTRACT
By September 1991 Cameroon had reported 650 cases of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The results from the sentinnel surveillance system showed a seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)1 of 1.3% among pregnant women, 2.5% in people attending sexually transmitted disease clinics and 3.5% in tuberculosis patients in 1990. The estimated number of persons infected with HIV varies between 10,000 and 30,000. The World Health Organization projection model was used to make a short-term projection of HIV infection and AIDS cases; it indicated that the number of persons infected with HIV will double by the year 1995, with an estimated 8500 AIDS cases. Even in a low prevalence country such as Cameroon, the impact of the HIV epidemic is important and will result in a burden for the health care system.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Infecciones por VIH
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Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida
Tipo de estudio:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
Año:
1992
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Camerún