Testing for AIDS - 4
•Clinical course of HIV infection:
•ePrimary HIV infection
•eClinical latency
•eClinical AIDS
•Žwhen immune system destruction of HIV-1 fails to keep up with production of HIV-1
•Žsevere depression of immune system due to destruction of CD4 lymphocytes
•Žopportunistic infections and neoplasms develop:
•wPneumocystis carnii
•wKarposi=s sarcoma
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