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| HIV/AIDS
**Tracer Bullet 97-8**
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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a specific group                 of diseases or conditions resulting from severe immunosuppression                 related to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).                 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),                 the number of new cases of AIDS in the United States has declined                 substantially in recent years. This is the first decrease since                 the epidemic began in the early 1980's. The availability of more                 effective treatments, such as combination drug therapies, has                 contributed greatly to this decline and to the decrease in deaths                 from AIDS. However, there is no notable drop in the spread of                 HIV infection. At this time, approximately one in 300 persons                 in the United States is infected with HIV. The leading modes of                 exposure continue to be homosexual sex and injecting drugs. 

HIV/AIDS continues to spread rapidly in the Third World, particularly                 in parts of Asia and Africa. Exposure in those regions is primarily                 through heterosexual contact. The drugs used to combat HIV/AIDS                 in the United States are often too expensive or unavailable in                 Third World countries. 

This compilation, an update of TB 91-9, is not intended to be                 a comprehensive bibliography. Based on the holdings of the Library                 of Congress, it is designed -- as the name of the series implies                 -- to put the reader "on target." Since any publication                 on HIV/AIDS cannot remain current for long, the section of the                 bibliography containing additional sources of information, especially                 online sources, should be particularly useful.

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**INTRODUCTIONS TO THE TOPIC**
Carr, A., and Ronald Penny. Human immunodeficiency virus infection               and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. In *Clinical immunology*.               Edited by John Bradley and James McCluskey. Oxford, New York, Oxford               University Press, 1997. p. 28-58.                RC582.C548 1997 <SciRR> 

Pidcock, Kenneth A. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).               In *Magill's medical guide: health and illness*. v. 1. Pasadena,               Calif., Salem Press, c1995. p. 8-13.                  RC41.M34 1995 <SciRR> 

Rubin, Robert H. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. In *Scientific               American medicine*. Edward Rubenstein, editor in chief; Daniel               D. Federman, editor. 1st bounded. v. 1. Section 7, infectious diseases.               pt. 11. New York, Scientific American, c1995. p. 1-24.               RC46.S26 1995 <SciRR> 

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**SUBJECT HEADINGS**
Subject headings used by the Library of Congress, under which books               on HIV/AIDS can be located in most card, book, and online catalogs,               include the following: 

**Highly Relevant**
AIDS    (DISEASE)         Can be subdivided geographically, e.g., "AIDS (disease)--United States"            See also headings "AIDS (disease) in [a group of persons]", e.g.       "in adolescence" "in children"; and "in women",       etc. |