HIV/AIDS in Latin America

In Latin America, the Central American countries of Guatemala, and Honduras, and the Caribbean countries of Haiti, and the Dominican Republic have national HIV prevalence of over 1%. In these countries, HIV-infected men outnumber HIV-infected women by roughly 3:1. Low prevalence in other countries disguises serious, localized epidemics. In Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina, intravenous drug use and homosexual activity are the main modes of transmission, and there is concern that heterosexual activity may soon become a primary method of spreading the virus.

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Conditions	Signs and symptoms AIDS-defining clinical condition Diffuse infiltrative lymphocytosis syndrome Lipodystrophy Nephropathy Neurocognitive disorders Pruritus Superinfection Tuberculosis co-infection HIV Drug Resistance Database Innate resistance to HIV

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AIDS pandemic by region / country

Africa	Angola Benin Botswana Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mali Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Swaziland Tanzania South Africa Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

North America	Canada United States (New York City)

Latin America	Bolivia Brazil Colombia El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Peru

Asia	Bangladesh Bhutan Myanmar (Burma) Cambodia China (PRC) (Yunnan) East Timor India Indonesia Iraq Japan Jordan Laos Nepal North Korea Pakistan Philippines Thailand Taiwan (ROC) United Arab Emirates Vietnam

Caribbean	Haiti Jamaica Dominican Republic

Europe	United Kingdom Russia Ukraine

Oceania	Australia New Zealand Papua New Guinea

List of countries by HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate List of HIV/AIDS cases and deaths registered by region

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