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  2. Opportunistic infection - Wikipedia

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    In patients with HIV, starting antiretroviral therapy is especially important for restoration of the immune system and reducing the incidence rate of opportunistic infections [51] [52] In patients undergoing chemotherapy, completion of and recovery from treatment is the primary method for immune system restoration.

  3. WHO disease staging system for HIV infection and disease

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    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 symptomatic HIV disease. Most of these conditions are opportunistic infections that are easily treated in healthy people. The staging system is different for adults and adolescents and ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Signs and symptoms of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    Unexplained chronic diarrhea in HIV infection is due to many possible causes, including common bacterial (Salmonella, Shigella, Listeria or Campylobacter) and parasitic infections; and uncommon opportunistic infections such as cryptosporidiosis, microsporidiosis, Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) and viruses, [21] astrovirus, adenovirus ...

  6. HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    Complications: Opportunistic infections, tumors [4]: Duration: Lifelong [4]: Causes: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) [4]: Risk factors: Unprotected anal or vaginal sex, having another sexually transmitted infection, needle sharing, medical procedures involving unsterile cutting or piercing, and experiencing needlestick injury [4]

  7. HIV - Wikipedia

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    The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of Lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans.Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), [1] [2] a condition in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive. [3]

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