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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Family Medicine
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In the arc of a generation, physicians, chemists and pharmacists, nurses, public health specialists, community activists, patients, and their loved ones have transmuted an illness of immense suffering and certain death into a largely manageable illness, dependent on resources and health information.

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Goodman, M.D. (2015). Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. In: Paulman, P., Taylor, R. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0779-3_44-1

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    Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0779-3_44-2

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