title: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
abstract: The occurrence of unusual infections, in particular Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and the rare neoplasm Kaposi's sarcoma, in previously healthy homosexual men in the late 1970s heralded the epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus infection, the most severe form of which is the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lane
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D006678:HIV / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology