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  2. HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) [8] [9] [10] is a retrovirus [11] that attacks the immune system.It is a preventable disease. [5] There is no vaccine or cure for HIV. It can be managed with treatment and become a manageable chronic health condition. [5]

  3. Prevention of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    Condom in the shape of an AIDS ribbon Various personal lubricants. Consistent condom use reduces the risk of heterosexual HIV transmission by about 80% over the long-term. [21] Where one partner of a couple has HIV infection, consistent condom use results in rates of HIV infection for the uninfected person below 1% per year. [22]

  4. File:Understanding AIDS.pdf - Wikipedia

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    Original file ‎ (1,283 × 1,656 pixels, file size: 984 KB, MIME type: application/pdf, 8 pages) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.

  5. HIV - Wikipedia

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    The management of HIV/AIDS typically involves the use of multiple antiretroviral drugs. In many parts of the world, HIV has become a chronic condition, with progression to AIDS increasingly rare. HIV latency and the resulting viral reservoir in CD4 + T cells, dendritic cells, and macrophages is the main barrier to eradication of the virus. [19 ...

  6. Understanding AIDS - Wikipedia

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    Understanding AIDS is a pamphlet or brochure created by the United States government and mailed to every American household in 1988 as a response to the AIDS epidemic. [1] It was the largest mass mailing in American history. [ 2 ]

  7. Management of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    The management of HIV/AIDS normally includes the use of multiple antiretroviral drugs as a strategy to control HIV infection. [1] There are several classes of antiretroviral agents that act on different stages of the HIV life-cycle. The use of multiple drugs that act on different viral targets is known as highly active antiretroviral therapy ...

  8. Pathophysiology of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    These studies found that >95% of CD4 T cells die because of abortive HIV infection. [9] These dying cells are resting and thus are nonpermissive for productive HIV infection. Full viral replication was limited to the ~5% of activated CD4 T cells present in these tissues; these cells die by apoptosis. [10]

  9. Signs and symptoms of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    Figure 1. Early Symptoms of HIV. The stages of HIV infection are acute infection (also known as primary infection), latency, and AIDS.Acute infection lasts for several weeks and may include symptoms such as fever, swollen lymph nodes, inflammation of the throat, rash, muscle pain, malaise, and mouth and esophageal sores.

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