On the question of the place of HIV infection and the HIV/AIDS pandemic among other infectious, epidemic and pandemic processes. The monograph is devoted to myths and “blank spots” in epidemiology, the existence of which became obvious in connection with the failure of measures to combat HIV/AIDS -pandemics. The book is intended for a wide range of readers. It will be especially useful for researchers interested in fundamental problems of the pathogenesis and epidemiology of new infectious diseases, for students of biological and medical faculties of universities, as well as for infectious disease doctors and epidemiologists who are faced with an unclear infectious pathology.