| p24 | HIV antigen |
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| Dr | Med Doctor of Medicine |
| IDDM-MED | insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus-multiple epiphyseal dysplasia [syndrome] |
| Int | Med internal medicine |
| MED | median erythrocyte diameter; medical, medication, medicine; Medical Entities Dictionary; minimum eff... |
| HIV protease | <enzyme> Enzyme of the human immunodeficiency virus that is required for post-translational cleavage of gag and gag-pol precursor polyproteins into functional products needed for viral assembly. HIV protease is an aspartic protease encoded by the amino terminus of the pol gene. Registry number: EC 3.4.23.- (12 Dec 1998) |
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| HIV protease inhibitors | Inhibitors of HIV protease, an enzyme required for production of proteins needed for viral assembly. (12 Dec 1998) |
| HIV seronegativity | Immune status consisting of non-production of HIV antibodies, as determined by various serological tests. (12 Dec 1998) |
| HIV seropositivity | Development of neutralizing antibodies in individuals who have been exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV/HTLV-III/lav). (12 Dec 1998) |
| HIV seroprevalence | Studies of the number of cases where human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is present in a specific population at a designated time. The presence in a given individual is determined by the finding of HIV antibodies in the serum (HIV seropositivity). (12 Dec 1998) |
| HIV test | <investigation> A test which is performed on a standard venipuncture blood specimen which detects the presence of antibodies to HIV (virus). This test may not be positive for 3 to 6 months after infection with HIV. (27 Sep 1997) |
| HIV wasting syndrome | <syndrome> Involuntary weight loss of greater than 10 percent associated with intermittent or constant fever and chronic diarrhoea or fatigue for more than 30 days in the absence of a defined cause other than HIV infection. A constant feature is major muscle wasting with scattered myofibre degeneration. A variety of aetiologies, which vary among patients, contributes to this syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |