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  2. AIDS-defining clinical condition - Wikipedia

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    In 1993, the CDC added pulmonary tuberculosis, recurrent pneumonia and invasive cervical cancer [2] to the list of clinical conditions in the AIDS surveillance case definition published in 1987 [3] and expanded the AIDS surveillance case definition to include all HIV-infected persons with CD4+ T-lymphocyte counts of fewer than 200 cells/μL or ...

  3. Minimal residual disease - Wikipedia

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    Minimal residual disease (MRD), also known as Molecular residual disease, is the name given to small numbers of cancer cells that remain in a person either during or after treatment when the patient is in remission (no symptoms or signs of disease). Sensitive molecular tests are either in development or available to test for MRD.

  4. Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    The very high negative predictive value of these tests is why the CDC recommends that a negative test result be considered conclusive evidence that an individual does not have HIV. [citation needed] Of course, the actual numbers vary depending on the testing population.

  5. WHO Disease Staging System for HIV Infection and Disease in ...

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    WHO Disease Staging System for HIV Infection and Disease in Adults and Adolescents was first produced in 1990 by the World Health Organization [1] and updated in September 2005. It is an approach for use in resource limited settings and is widely used in Africa and Asia and has been a useful research tool in studies of progression to ...

  6. CDC classification system for HIV infection - Wikipedia

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    In 1993, the CDC added pulmonary tuberculosis, recurrent pneumonia, and invasive cervical cancer to the list of clinical conditions in the AIDS surveillance case definition published in 1987 and expanded the AIDS surveillance case definition to include all HIV-infected persons with CD4+ T-lymphocyte counts of less than 200 cells/uL or a CD4 ...

  7. Lentivirus - Wikipedia

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    Lentivirus is a genus of retroviruses that cause chronic and deadly diseases characterized by long incubation periods, in humans and other mammalian species. [2] The genus includes the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS.

  8. Likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, when used for routine colorectal cancer screening with asymptomatic adults, a negative result supplies important data for the patient and doctor, such as ruling out cancer as the cause of gastrointestinal symptoms or reassuring patients worried about developing colorectal cancer.

  9. Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a condition seen in some cases of HIV/AIDS or immunosuppression, in which the immune system begins to recover, but then responds to a previously acquired opportunistic infection with an overwhelming inflammatory response that paradoxically makes the symptoms of infection worse.

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