while aids ( acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ) certainly represents a worldwide health problem , the attention of many researchers and epidemiologists , besides the who itself , has recently focused on africa for the following reasons : 1 ) the etiologic agent of aids , the human immunodeficiency virus ( hiv ) ( previously named htlv-iii or lav ) is likely to have originated in africa .
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