Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

The Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes is a peer-reviewed medical journal

Medical journal

A public health journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of public health, including epidemiology, biostatistics, and health care . Public health journals, like most scientific journals, are peer-reviewed...

covering all aspects of research in HIV/AIDS

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...

, including basic science, clinical science, and epidemiology

Epidemiology

Epidemiology is the study of health-event, health-characteristic, or health-determinant patterns in a population. It is the cornerstone method of public health research, and helps inform policy decisions and evidence-based medicine by identifying risk factors for disease and targets for preventive...

. It is currently published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is an academic and professional medical publisher owned by Wolters Kluwer group. It publishes textbooks, various electronic media, and over 275 journals and newsletters in the health-care field. Publications are aimed at physicians, nurses, clinicians, and students...

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The journal was established in 1988 . It was retitled Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology in 1995, returning to the title Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes in 1999.