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Article: People infected with AIDS virus receive early, regular care.
- Article from:
- AIDS Alert
- Article date:
- February 1, 1990
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People infected with AIDS virus receive early, regular care
If you were to discover that you were infected with the AIDS virus, you would be advised to begin receiving regular medical care immediately.
In the earlier years of the AIDS epidemic, medical intervention usually did not begin until you developed symptoms of the AIDS virus infection. Because the virus has such a long incubation period, it can take years for someone to develop symptoms after becoming infected.
But now, medical leaders recommend that physicians develop a medical plan for people as soon as they test positive for the AIDS virus. That medical plan includes regular laboratory ...