title: 25 Years of HIV/AIDS: a dermatologist epidemic watcher's perspective.
abstract: Though history will mark June 1981 as the birthday of the AIDS pandemic, the first true case of the syndrome and its cause originated years before in West-Central Africa. History also highlights the irony that the discovery of AIDS, the detection of its cause, and the development of drugs for its treatment, all occurred far from its origin, and now, 25 years later, the greatest burden of this disease is where it is believed to have started.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, 325 9th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, USA. rcolven@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Colven
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans