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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
Regulatory T lymphocyte
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
A type of lymphocyte. Regulatory T lymphocytes (regulatory T cells) prevent the immune system from becoming over-active during an immune response and from attacking normal cells.
Erythema multiforme
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
A type of rash usually triggered by viral infections, most often herpes simplex infection and sometimes HIV infection.
Campylobacteriosis
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
An enteric (intestinal) infection caused by the bacterium Campylobacter. Symptoms of campylobacteriosis, if any, include diarrhoea (often bloody), abdominal cramping and pain, nausea and vomiting, ...
Shigellosis
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
An enteric (intestinal) infection caused by the bacterium Shigella, which is typically transmitted through contact with contaminated human feces. Symptoms usually include watery or bloody diarrhea, ...
Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
An autoimmune disorder in which the immune system destroys platelets. The destruction of platelets leads to abnormal blood clotting and easy or excessive bruising and bleeding. The exact cause of ...
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
An autoimmune disorder in which the immune system destroys platelets. The destruction of platelets leads to abnormal blood clotting and easy or excessive bruising and bleeding. The exact cause of ...
Clinical alert
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
An early notice of urgent findings from federally funded clinical trials. Clinical alerts are disseminated in a variety of ways, including online, to advise health care professionals and others of ...
