Pela, A. Ona; Platt, Jerome J. - In: Social Science & Medicine 28 (1989) 1, pp. 1-8
This paper reviews the literature on AIDS in Africa. By 29 February, 1988, 9760 cases of AIDS had been reported in Africa. This review addresses the currently accepted belief in the African origin of AIDS, the distribution (cluster) of AIDS in Africa, identified modes of transmission, and...