| AIDS |
The most severe manifestation of infection with HIV. The CDC lists numerous opportunistic infections and neoplasms (cancers) that, in the presence of HIV infection, constitute an AIDS diagnosis. In 1993, the CDC expanded the criteria for an AIDS diagnosis to include CD4 cell count at or below 200 cells/mm?in the presence of HIV infection. In persons (age 5 and older) with normally functioning immune systems, CD4 cell counts usually range from 800 to 1,500 cells/mm? ...
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| AIDS wasting syndrome |
Involves involuntary loss of 10% of baseline body weight plus either chronic diarrhea (two loose stools per day for more than 30 days) or chronic weakness and documented fever (for 30 days or more, intermittent or constant) in the absence of a concurrent illness or condition other than HIV infection that would explain the findings.
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| AIDS |
a fatal disease caused by a virus that destroys the immune system's ability to fight off infection, capable of being transmitted from mother to fetus.
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| aid |
in mountaineering, a climbing device, such as pitons, bolts, chocks, and stirrups, used for body support and upward progress; also used for artificial height in the absence of handholds and footholds
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| AIDS-related complex |
symptomatic HIV infection. An older term used to describe a condition in which a person is HIV positive and has a variety of symptoms that are related to HIV disease (eg, swollen lymph nodes, night sweats, fever, diarrhea, weight loss) but that do not qualify as AIDS-defining illnesses.
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