title: AIDS update--1987.
abstract: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection produces a spectrum of clinical syndromes, progressing in severity from asymptomatic infection through the life-threatening diseases of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Current knowledge about the epidemiology, virology, and clinical manifestations of HIV infection and AIDS are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: AIDS Activities Division, San Francisco General Hospital, CA 94110.
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Abrams
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis