HIV / AIDS A Very Short Introduction

It is over a quarter of a century since clinicians in the USA
identifi ed the fi rst cases of the syndrome that came to be known
as AIDS. These reports simply referred to groups of people with
unusual illnesses. Today AIDS is the major killer of young adults,
globally 40 million people are infected, the vast majority in
developing countries, and numbers continue to rise.

It is over a quarter of a century since clinicians in the USA
identifi ed the fi rst cases of the syndrome that came to be known
as AIDS. These reports simply referred to groups of people with
unusual illnesses. Today AIDS is the major killer of young adults,
globally 40 million people are infected, the vast majority in
developing countries, and numbers continue to rise.