ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME DEFINITION |
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AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome) is the final and most serious stage of HIV disease, which
causes severe damage to the immune system.
The Centers for Disease Control has defined AIDS as beginning when a
person with HIV infection has a CD4 cell (also called "t-cell", a
type of immune cell) count below 200. It is also defined by numerous
opportunistic infections and cancers that occur in the presence of
HIV infection. |
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