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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

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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 human immunodeficiency virus infection from an illness of immense suffering and certain death into a largely manageable illness, dependent on resources and health information.

The good news has continued: increasing evidence of near normal lifespan in adherent patients in care and a reduced number of new infections in recent years.

Family physicians have a large role to play: patient care, transmission-reduction education, community health education, patient advocacy, and public health measures, all require our expertise.

Up-to-date information is essential; protocol changes and new medications require frequent updates to provide the best care:

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    Mark Duane Goodman

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  1. Department of Family Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

    Paul M. Paulman

  2. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Robert B. Taylor

  3. Department of Family Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

    Audrey A. Paulman

  4. Department of Family Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA

    Laeth S. Nasir

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Goodman, M.D. (2022). Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. In: Paulman, P.M., Taylor, R.B., Paulman, A.A., Nasir, L.S. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54441-6_44

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