[Epidemiological features of HIV infection in the world and in Yugoslavia]

The spread of AIDS and HIV infection at the beginning of nineties is decreasing in industrialized countries, whereas it is intensified in the developing ones. In North America and Europe there is further, steady decrease of the infection rate in homo/bisexual persons and increase in IV-drug users, that predominate among patients in Europe in 1991. The slow, continuous increase of cases caused by heterosexual contact is also present. Rates of AIDS cases in hemophiliacs and in children are constantly decreasing since 1984. Further decrease of rate is also expected in cases after receiving blood transfusion. In Aisa, where the transmission of HIV infection used to be relativety slow, there is a significant increase of seropositivity in IV-drug users and prostitutes. In Australia and New Zealand rates of AIDS cases are similar to those in Europe and in North America. The epidemiological model of AIDS in FR of Yugoslavia is similar to the European one. The rate of cases (per million) is lower thar in Western and higher than in Eastern European countries (22.6). The rate of IV-drug users is higher, whereas the rate in homo/bisexuals is lower than the respective rates for whole Europe. Out of 239 cases registered by September 30. 1992. two third were been reported in Belgrade. Only 3 cases have beer notified in Montenegro.