RT Book, Section
A1 Marco, Catherine A.
A1 Balhara, Kamna S.
A1 Rothman, Richard E.
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
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ID 1166597393
T1 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019933
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166597393
RD 2024/04/20
AB The  human  immunodeficiency  virus  (HIV)  is  the  leading  cause  of  infectious  disease  deaths  worldwide.  As  of  2016,  an  estimated  36.7  million  people  worldwide  and  1.2  million  people  in  the  United  States1  have  HIV  infection  or  acquired  immunodeficiency  syndrome  (AIDS).  Although  HIV  exists  everywhere  across  the  globe,  the  vast  majority  of  new  infections  (95%)  occur  in  those  living  in  low-  and  middle-income  countries.  In  sub-Saharan  Africa,  the  world’s  most  affected  region,  nearly  1  in  every  20  adults  is  living  with  HIV.1