Author: David Friedel, MD

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David Friedel, MD, is an assistant professor of pediatrics and internal medicine at VCU School of Medicine. His main outpatient practice is the VCU Infectious Disease Clinic and he is also the director of the Family Medicine Travel Clinic at VCU Health. He lives in Moseley with his wife and two young children.

The first known cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the United States were reported in 1981, and in 1983 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was established as its cause. HIV…