CDC 1987 definition of AIDS
Last reviewed 01/2018
A case of AIDS is defined as an illness characterised by HIV infection and one or more of the diseases below:
- cryptosporidiosis
- pneumocystosis
- toxoplasmosis
- strongyloidosis
- candidiasis
- cryptococcosis
- coccidioidomycosis
- histoplasmosis
- mycobacteriosis
- nocardiosis
- salmonella
- cytomegalovirus activation
- herpes simplex virus activation
- varicella zoster virus activation
- progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
- Burkitt's lymphoma
- immunoblastic lymphomas (B cells)
- primary CNS lymphoma
pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
salmonellosis excluding enteric fevers (S. Typhi and S. Paratyphi)
varicella-zoster virus infections