Abstract
First reported in June, 1981, the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ultimately manifests as life threatening opportunistic infections with or without Kaposi’s sarcoma or other malignancies (Table).1.2 Most cases have occurred in four groups now considered to be at high risk: homosexual males, intravenous drug abusers, Haitians, and haemophiliacs. In addition, cases have been reported in women having sexual relations with males in high-risk groups, in children of individuals at high risk, and in individuals receiving blood transfusions.2.3 Less than seven per cent of reported cases have no recognizable risk factors.The immune deficiency in this disease is now thought to be due to infection by a newly discovered retrovirus known as lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) or human T-lymphotropic virus-Ill (HTLV-III).4.5 This agent appears to be transmissable by the venereal route as well as through blood or blood products.3,6
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