Clinical and Epidemiologic Features of Primary HIV Infection
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TL;DR
The events leading to the acquisition of HIV and the initial clinical and diagnostic evaluation of 46 patients with primary HIV infection are summarized.
Abstract
Primary HIV infection causes a recognizable clinical syndrome that is often underdiagnosed, even in persons enrolled in a program of routine surveillance for HIV infection. Frequency of sexual contact and overall numbers of sexual partners in this group of homosexual men who acquired HIV were markedly lower than those seen a decade ago. Acquisition of HIV does occur, even in persons with relatively few sexual partners. Increased attention to oral-genital contact as a means of acquiring HIV appears to be warranted.