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  • Kaposi's sarcoma

    Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is an AIDS-defining cancer and was one of the first recognised HIV-related illnesses in the early 1980s. Unlike most cancers, which start...

    From:Factsheets

  • Introduction to HIV and AIDS

    An introduction to HIV and AIDS, including how HIV is transmitted and detected, the history of the epidemic and definitions of disease stages....

    From:HIV treatments directory

  • AIDS

    If HIV isn't treated the gradual weakening of the immune system it causes leaves the body vulnerable to serious infections and cancers which it would normally...

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  • New Thai-Taiwanese Syndrome Is Not AIDS 2.0

    The headlines are frightening: unrelated, otherwise healthy patients in Asia turning up with symptoms doctors associate with HIV infection. But though many questions remain about the new immunodeficiency, it’s not a harbinger of a global health calamity, says Kent Sepkowitz.

    28 August 2012 | Daily Beast
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