Natural Medicines in the Clinical Management of HIV/AIDS

There are two types of retroviruses responsible for AIDS: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is most prevalent in North America. HIV-2 is more prevalent in Africa.

Here are some interesting facts about HIV:13788

* In the year 2000, 36.1 million people worldwide were living with HIV
* Approximately 1 to 1.6 million patients live with HIV/AIDS in North America
* There are about 42,000 new cases of HIV in the US each year:
o 60% of HIV cases are contracted by men who have sex with men
o 25% are contracted through injection drug users
o 15% are contracted through heterosexual contact
o Women comprise 17% of all HIV-infected people
o A woman with HIV during pregnancy has a 20% to 30% chance of passing it to her newborn in utero
* New York, California, and Florida report the highest number of AIDS cases in the U.S.
* Ontario has the highest number of cases of any province in Canada read more