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Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes a progressive reduction of CD4+ lymphocytes and consecutive immunodeficiency; subsequent opportunistic infections and tumors ultimately lead to the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The diagnosis of AIDS was established in 1982 and the causative agent HIV was identified in 1983. In the 1980s and early 1990s, HIV infection led to severe disease courses and to death in the vast majority of the patients within a few months to years after diagnosis. With the development and introduction of new potent and tolerable antiretroviral drugs in the early twenty-first century, HIV infection lost almost all the horrors of the early years: today persons living with HIV (PLHIV) have a similar life expectancy to HIV-negative people, provided that HIV is diagnosed and treated early and the person is able to adhere to the treatment. However, we occasionally still see patients with fully developed AIDS, particularly in those diagnosed too late or in those who are not appropriately treated.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Armin Rieger

  2. Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Clinical Center Landstrasse, Vienna, Austria

    Klemens Rappersberger

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Gerd Plewig

  2. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Lars French

  3. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Thomas Ruzicka

  4. Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Frankfurt University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

    Roland Kaufmann

  5. Clinic for Dermatology and Allergology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

    Michael Hertl

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  1. Department and Poliklinik of Dermatology and Allergology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Thomas Ruzicka

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Rieger, A., Rappersberger, K. (2021). HIV/AIDS. In: Plewig, G., French, L., Ruzicka, T., Kaufmann, R., Hertl, M. (eds) Braun-Falco´s Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-58713-3_21-1

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