Asymptomatic HIV infection

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This article prepares primary care providers for the large “middle ground” of the AIDS epidemic: the seropositive but asymptomatic patient. As an ever increasing number of symptoms are associated with HIV/AIDS, testing for HIV is becoming more common. Seropositive patients need close monitoring, often for years, for signs of progression of the disease and to determine when prophylaxis is necessary. As the major reservoir of new infection, they need counseling to change unsafe behaviors that may contribute to the infection of others or reinfection of themselves.