Review Article, J Virol Antivir Res Vol: 2 Issue: 1
HIV/AIDS in Africa: Trends, Missing Links and the Way Forward
Duri Kerina1* and Stray-Pedersen Babill2 | |
1Department of Immunology, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe | |
2Division of Women and Children, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway | |
Corresponding author : Duri Kerina Department of Immunology, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe E-mail: tkduri@yahoo.co.uk |
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Received: January 14, 2013 Accepted: March 19, 2013 Published: March 24, 2013 | |
Citation: Duri K, Stray-Pedersen B (2013) HIV/AIDS in Africa: Trends, Missing Links and the Way Forward. J Virol Antivir Res 2:1. doi:10.4172/2324-8955.1000107 |
Abstract
HIV/AIDS in Africa: Trends, Missing Links and the Way Forward
Within the African regions, there are striking differences in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease burden yet social and cultural differences are relatively small suggesting that sexual transmission alone may not explain HIV infections in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Thus, sexual contact with an infected person represents only a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for HIV transmission through sex.