South Australian Infectious Diseases Services 135 Hutt Street Adelaide South Australia 5000 Australia. AIDS was first detected in Brazil in 1980.
Prevention is essential to restrict further spread.
Screening of groups such as attendees of antenatal clinics and well women's clinics is becoming routine, and should be the case in private STD practices. Novel testing methods need to be trialed eg. Adherence to treatment protocols is therefore a major issue. 11 drugs are already approved, and many others being developed. This is a useful model for future anti-HIV vaccines.