NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY OF HIV-INFECTION

There are a variety of HIV-related neurologic complications that have numerous causes. HIV-related neurologic illnesses are specific to the stage of HIV infection, although the greatest burden of neurologic dis ease and the most disabling syndromes occur in the more advanced stage s. As the number of HIV-infected persons continues to increase worldwi de and as antiretroviral and other anti-infective therapies improve pa tient survival in the advanced stages of HIV infection, the burden of neurologic disease will continue to increase.