Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study
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The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) is an ongoing clinical study involving over 6,000 men infected with HIV
. The study, a program of the Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
, has been ongoing for over 25 years and has resulted in over 1,000 scientific publications.
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
. The study, a program of the Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
The Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome is a division of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases which is part of the National Institutes of Health. It was formed in 1986 as a part of the to address the national research needs created by the advent and spread of the...
, has been ongoing for over 25 years and has resulted in over 1,000 scientific publications.