AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is the final stage of HIV disease, which causes severe damage to the immune system.

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Important facts about the spread of AIDS include:

• AIDS is the sixth leading cause of death among people ages 25 - 44 in the United States, down from number one in 1995.
• The World Health Organization estimates that more than 25 million people worldwide have died from this infection since the start of the epidemic.
• In 2008, there were approximately 33.4 million people around the world living with HIV/AIDS, including 2.1 million children under age 15.

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Molluscum on the chest

Dermatitis, seborrheic on the face

Kaposi's sarcoma on the thigh

Dermatitis, seborrheic - close-up

Kaposi's sarcoma - close-up

Canker sore (aphthous ulcer)

Histoplasmosis, disseminated in HIV patient

Mycobacterium marinum infection on the hand

Antibodies

STDs and ecological niches

Molluscum contagiosum on the face

Herpes zoster (shingles), disseminated

Kaposi's sarcoma on the back

AIDS

HIV

Primary HIV infection

Tuberculosis in the lung

Kaposi's sarcoma - perianal

Kaposi's sarcoma - lesion on the foot

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Review Date: 06/09/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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