India now has the largest number of AIDS infections as the spread of the disease shows no sign of letting up a quarter-century into an epidemic that has claimed 25 million lives, the UN says.

"I think we will see a further globalisation of the epidemic spreading to every single corner of the planet," UNAIDS head Dr Peter Piot told The Associated Press.

UNAIDS launched a 630 page global survey of the disease - showing that nearly 40 million people are infected with HIV, the virus causes AIDS - ahead of a meeting today on AIDS at the UN General Assembly in New York. The data shows that India has 5.7 million people living with HIV/AIDS. surpassing South Africa's 5.5 million.

But the epidemic still remains at its worst in sub Saharan Africa. Today's meeting comes a week prior to the 25th anniversary of the first documented AIDS cases on June 5, 1981.

"It won't go away one fine day, and then we wake up and say, 'Oh, AIDS is gone," 'Piot told The AP in a recent interview. "I think we have to start thinking about looking at the next generations. There's an increasing diversity in how epidemic looks."

Released on: Jun 3, 2006

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