Confronting AIDS -- Copyright -- Preface -- TERMINOLOGY -- STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- Abstract -- 1 Confronting AIDS: Summary and Recommendations -- STATUS OF THE EPIDEMIC -- Infection and Transmission -- Clinical Manifestations of the Disease -- Statistical Dimensions of the Epidemic -- THE FUTURE COURSE OF THE EPIDEMIC -- OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALTERING THE COURSE OF THE EPIDEMIC -- Public Education -- Preventing HIV Infection Among IV Drug Users -- Public Health Measures -- Surveillance -- Mandatory Screening
Voluntary TestingThe Role of Coercive Measures in Public Health Efforts -- Funding for Education and Other Public Health Measures -- Discrimination and AIDS -- CARE OF PERSONS INFECTED WITH HIV -- Health Care Costs Resulting from HIV Infection -- The Financing of Health Care for HIV-Related Conditions -- FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS -- Basic Research -- The Natural History of HIV Infection -- Epidemiologic Approaches -- Animal Models -- Antiviral Agents -- Vaccines -- Social Science Research Needs -- Funding for Research on AIDS and HIV
INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF AIDS AND HIV INFECTIONRationale for U.S. International Involvement -- Risks of Infection Outside the United States -- International Research Opportunities -- GUIDANCE FOR THE NATION'S EFFORTS -- What Is Needed? -- Establishment of the Commission -- MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS -- 2 Understanding of the Disease and Dimensions of the Epidemic -- THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF AIDS -- Features of Retroviruses -- Related Viruses -- PATHOGENESIS OF AIDS -- NATURAL HISTORY OF THE DISEASE -- CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF HIV INFECTION
Opportunistic InfectionsKaposi's Sarcoma -- Other Malignancies -- Neurologic Complications Associated with HIV Infection -- Pediatric AIDS -- MODES OF TRANSMISSION OF HIV -- Sexual Transmission -- Parenteral Transmission -- Maternal-Infant Transmission -- POPULATION GROUPS AT INCREASED RISK OF HIV INFECTION -- Homosexual Men -- Intravenous Drug Users -- Hemophiliacs -- Recipients of Blood Transfusions -- Heterosexual Contacts of HIV-Infected Persons -- Infants and Children -- Health Care Workers -- EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES AND FINDINGS -- Surveillance
National Disease ReportingEpidemiologic Research -- Case-Control Studies -- Prospective Cohort Studies -- Serologic Surveys -- Findings of Epidemiologic Studies -- The Prevalence of HIV Infection -- AIDS Cases By Risk Group -- AIDS Case Trends by Geographic Area -- AIDS Case Trends by Sex, Race, and Age -- AIDS Case Trends in Disease Presentation and Mortality -- HIV INFECTION AND AIDS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES -- African Countries -- Other Countries -- REFERENCES -- 3 The Future Course of the Epidemic and Available National Resources
