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Document 2517
DOCN M94A2517
TI Epidemiological characteristics of HIV/AIDS prevalence in Japan.
DT 9412
AU Kodama M; Kodama T; Kodama Res. Inst. Prev. Med., Nagoya, Japan.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):286 (abstract no. PC0065). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370058
AB OBJECTIVE: The present study investigated the epidemiological
characteristics of HIV/AIDS prevalence in Japan so as to clarify the
nature of this 20th Century pestilence now spreading in the world.
METHODS: We made an access to the problem by attempting a comparison
between Japan (a low-risk country) and USA (a high-risk country) by use
of both new date and historical data derived from authentic source.
RESULTS: Results obtained are as follows: 1) The increasing pattern of
HIV/AIDS of Japan is still at the stage of geometric growth (an early
stage), whereas that of USA is now approaching its saturation level (an
advanced stage), as judged from the chronological transition of AIDS
prevalence in the 2 countries. 2) The difference between the 2
countries, as observed with the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in both average
citizens and prostitutes, looks so remarkable that one cannot accept
causal relationship between HIV infection and AIDS development without
assuming the intervention of some discriminating mechanism in the
genesis of AIDS. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Our findings are in support
of the possibility that the differential risks for AIDS between USA and
Japan could be related in its development to the participation of
autoimmune mechanism, of which the expression is subject to change
depending on the cultural background of a population.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION
Comparative Study Human HIV Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION
Japan/EPIDEMIOLOGY Prevalence Risk Factors United States/EPIDEMIOLOGY
MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).