Revised AIDS definition released.Revised AIDS definition released Taking into account new information on the ways in which AIDS can attack the body, CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation epidemiologists have released an expanded definition of medical conditions that constitute a case of AIDS. The official definition, devised to help determine which cases should be reported to health officials, includes for the first time AIDS-associated degenerative disease of the brain and wasting syndrome Wasting syndrome A progressive loss of weight and muscle tissue caused by the AIDS virus. Mentioned in: AIDS wasting syndrome (emaciation emaciation /ema·ci·a·tion/ (e-ma?she-a´shun) a wasted condition of the body. e·ma·ci·a·tion n. The process of losing so much flesh as to become extremely thin; wasting. ). Published in a supplement to the Aug. 14 MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) is a weekly epidemiological digest for the United States published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 5 June 1981 issue of the MMWR published the cases of five men in what turned out to be the first report of AIDS. , the definition also broadens the number of conditions considered "AIDS-indicative,' which are viewed as strong evidence for AIDS--even if the patient tests negative for antibodies against the AIDS virus. State and local health departments are expected to begin tabulating cases on the basis of this definition by Sept. 1, according to the report. There have been more than 40,500 U.S. cases reported thus far. |
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