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What are HIV and AIDS?


HIV - CDC

Let's Stop HIV Together aims to reduce HIV stigma and promote HIV testing, prevention, and treatment.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) - Yale Medicine

HIV is a retrovirus that impairs the immune system and causes AIDS. Learn about symptoms and treatment.

A Timeline of HIV and AIDS

1986. January 16: The U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that more people were diagnosed with AIDS in 1985 than in all earlier years combined. The ...

HIV & AIDS - signs, symptoms, transmission, causes & pathology

What are HIV and AIDS? HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, is a virus that targets cells in the immune system.

HIV - Wikipedia

Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening ...

AIDS and HIV Health Center - WebMD

HIV infection is associated with the early appearance of heart, lung, kidney, liver, and bone disease. Find out the ways to control them and age gracefully.

Medical Animation: HIV and AIDS - YouTube

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Global HIV & AIDS statistics — Fact sheet - UNAIDS

Latest AIDS data, HIV data. Global HIV statistics. 39.9 million [36.1 million–44.6 million] people globally were living with HIV in 2023.

HIV/AIDS - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

HIV can be diagnosed through blood or saliva testing. Tests include: Antigen-antibody tests. These tests most often use blood from a vein.

Living with HIV | Living with AIDS | MedlinePlus

HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It harms your immune system by destroying a type of white blood cell that helps your body fight infection.

What is HIV and AIDS? - Georgia Department of Public Health

HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It weakens a person's immune system by destroying important cells that fight disease and ...

HIV and AIDS | Johns Hopkins Medicine

AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, which kills or impairs cells of the immune system and progressively destroys the body's ability to fight ...

What Is HIV / AIDS? | Prince George's County

HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, which causes the disease called AIDS. AIDS stands for Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome, and is a sexually ...

HIV Education is Prevention – Learn More on HIVCare.org

HIV is an infection that can lead to AIDS. When HIV is left untreated, it can wreak havoc on a person's immune system. As this happens, the body is less ...

HIV and AIDS: Symptoms, Causes, Treatments - Verywell Health

This article takes a comprehensive look at HIV/AIDS, including the symptoms, causes, stages of infection, and modes of transmission.

HIV and AIDS | Stanford Health Care

HIV and AIDS · Overview · Symptoms · HIV/AIDS and skin conditions · Causes · Risk of exposure to HIV/AIDS · Diagnosis · Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) ...

HIV AIDS - Health Encyclopedia

What are the symptoms of HIV/AIDS? · Lymph nodes that stay enlarged for more than 3 months · Lack of energy · Weight loss · Frequent fevers and sweats.

AIDS | United Nations

Its cause, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), was identified in 1983. According to UNAIDS, since the start of the epidemic around 85.6 million people have ...

HIV infection and AIDS - symptoms, causes, treatments and prevention

Untreated HIV usually leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) within 10 years. If you have AIDS, your immune system is severely weakened.

HIV: The Basics

Over time, HIV weakens a person's immune system so it has a very hard time fighting diseases. HIV causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency. Syndrome). People ...