First 100,000 cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - United States.

From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | Date: August 18, 1989 | Copyright information

First 100,000 Cases of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- United States

In June 1981, the first cases of the illness now known as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were reported from Los Angeles in five young homosexual men diagnosed with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and other opportunistic infections (1). Since then, state and territorial health departments have reported >100,000 cases of AIDS and >59,000 AIDS-related deaths to CDC. AIDS is now a major cause ...

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