title: [Situations in which the primary care physician should suspect the presence of HIV-1 infection].
abstract: We are living in an era in which AIDS is no longer a terminal disease. It has become a chronic treatable disease. HIV-1 patients are mostly treated in specialized clinics by specialists in cLinical immunology or infectious diseases. In Israel, there are seven authorized centers for the diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS. The primary caregiver for patients (family physician or internist) has to know the risk factors, risk groups and cLinical situations which are highly related to HIV-1 infection. These situations obligate a high clinical suspicion for early detection and diagnosis of HIV-1 infection. Early diagnosis has high clinical, prognostic and even epidemiological value. In this review, we highlight the main clinical situations in which the primary care physician should conduct an HIV-1 test as part of the clinical and Laboratory workup performed on the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine B, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Affitiated to the Medical School, Hebrew University, Hadassah, Jerusalem. Zev_s@clalit.org.il
authors.forename: Zev
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sthoeger
authors.affiliation: Department of Allergy, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Affitiated to the Medical School, Hebrew University, Hadassah, Jerusalem.
authors.forename: Ilan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Asher
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Immunology and AIDS, Rehovot, Affitiated to the Medical School, Hebrew University, Hadassah, Jerusalem.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Elbirt
mesh_terms: D042241:Early Diagnosis; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D010819:Physician's Role; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors