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AIDS prevention & treatment
The prevention and treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome or AIDS, which is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The illness interferes with the immune system, making people with AIDS much more likely to get infections. HIV is transmitted through direct contact with HIV-infected body fluids, such as blood, semen, and genital secretions, or from an HIV-infected mother to her child during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding (through breast milk).
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AIDS prevention & treatment
Acute retroviral syndrome
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
Flu-like symptoms of acute HIV infection that may appear approximately 2 to 4 weeks after infection. Symptoms such as fever, headache, fatigue, and swollen lymph nodes can last from a few days to 4 ...
Definitive
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
For certain; without a doubt. An initial positive HIV antibody test must be confirmed by a positive Western blot test for a person to have a definitive diagnosis of HIV infection.
Immunisation
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
Giving a vaccine to stimulate a person's immune response. Vaccination can be intended either to prevent a disease (a preventive vaccine) or to treat a disease (a therapeutic vaccine).
Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
Formerly known as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). A lung infection caused by the fungus Pneumocystis jiroveci. Symptoms include a cough (often mild and dry), fever, and shortness of breath. The ...
AIDS Drug Assistance programmes (ADAPs)
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
Federally funded programmes that provide medications and other HIV-related services to low-income, uninsured, and underinsured people with HIV/AIDS. Services of AIDS Drug Assistance programmes ...
Hives
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
Raised, swollen, itchy areas on the skin or mucous membranes, usually caused by an allergic reaction to a drug or food.
AIDS education and training centres (AETCs)
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
Regional centres that conduct education and training programmes for health care providers who treat people living with HIV/AIDS. Training is targeted to providers who serve minority populations, the ...
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