AIDS is the last stage in a progression of diseases resulting from a viral infection known as the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV or AIDS virus). The diseases include a number of unusual and severe infections, cancers and debilitating illnesses, resulting in severe weight loss or wasting away, and diseases affecting the brain and
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Human immunodeficiency virus infectionSymptomsSymptoms related to HIV are usually due to an infection in part of the body. Some symptoms related to... Read more »
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Early symptomatic HIV infection is a stage of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus when symptoms are present but AIDS has not yet... Read more »
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HIV infection - asymptomaticSymptomsAsymptomatic HIV infection, by definition, does NOT have symptoms typically associated with HIV, such... Read more »
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Acute HIV infection is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a virus that gradually destroys the immune system.Alternative NamesPrimary... Read more »
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