unfortunately, we do not know how many perinatally (human immunodeficiency virus) hiv-infected pepole are living in contries today, while knowing these informations is necessary. unaids reports that there are 3.4 million children under 15 years of age with hiv and 2 million adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age. although the vast majority of children were perinatally infected, older childr...

Patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome are at risk to develop a variety of different cancers. Based on epidemiolÃ3gica! data, Kaposi's sarcoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma have been clearly asso ciated with infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Ad ditional cancers such as basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas, mela noma, and hepatocellular carcinoma have also been r...

Patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome are at risk to develop a variety of different cancers. Based on epidemiological data, Kaposi's sarcoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma have been clearly associated with infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Additional cancers such as basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas, melanoma, and hepatocellular carcinoma have also been repor...

In 1981, acquired immunodeficiency was proposed denominator of a newly defined syndrome of diseases that were on the rise in promiscuous male homosexuals and intravenous drug users (1). The reference to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) as a new disease (2,3), instead of a new syndrome composed of known diseases, inspired a search for a single new pathogen (2). In 1983 Montaigner and co...