The acute exanthem associated with seroconversion to human T-cell lymphotropic virus III in a homosexual man

An illness characterised by fever, arthralgia, myalgia, a macular erythematous rash, a sore throat and the appearance of atypical lymphocytes in the blood film is described in a 27-year-old homosexual man. There was serological evidence that this illness was due to the human T-cell lymphotropic virus Type III.