Clínic Barcelona
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40 years of AIDS, the pandemic of the second half of the 20th century

5 June 2021 marks the 40th anniversary of the first description of cases of what would later be known as Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The Hospital Clínic de Barcelona has a pioneering unit created in 1989, which treats over 6,000 patients with this infection, making it the unit that monitors the highest number of cases in Spain.

Dr. Josep Mallolas, head of the Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS HIV-AIDS Unit (Picture: Xènia Fuentes/UB)

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