This site is intended for healthcare professionals

Go to /sign-in page

You can view 5 more pages without signing in

CDC 1993 definition of AIDS

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

Authoring team

As from January 1993, the definition of AIDS will expand the 1987 definition to include all HIV positive individuals with CD4 T lymphocyte counts of less than 200 per microlitre, irrespective of clinical manifestation. Three new indicator diseases have also been added:

  • pulmonary tuberculosis
  • invasive cervical carcinoma
  • recurrent bacterial pneumonia

Create an account to add page annotations

Annotations allow you to add information to this page that would be handy to have on hand during a consultation. E.g. a website or number. This information will always show when you visit this page.