| documentation of an aids virus infection in the united states in 1968. | the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome was first recognized as a clinical entity in the united states in the early 1980s; however, the issue of when human immunodeficiency virus, the causative agent of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, was introduced into at-risk populations in the united states is unresolved. previously, we reported the case study of a 15-year-old black male who was admitted to st louis city hospital in 1968 for extensive lymphedema of the genitalia and lower extremities. ... | 1988 | 3418874 |