Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) - this is the virus that causes AIDS. HIV attacks the immune system, which fights all infections, making it unable to fend ...

HIV is the shortened form for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. It is a virus, such as the virus that causes the flu or cold. A virus is a minute.

World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. Introduction to HIV, AIDS and sexually transmitted infection surveillance: Module ...

In general, about 50 percent of HIV-infected adults are likely to develop AIDS within 10 years after first becoming infected. The good news is that early ...

HIV causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). People with HIV can have it for many years before it develops into AIDS.

This Handbook is a training tool that inspectorates may draw on to provide their work force with the necessary competencies to address HIV and AIDS issues in ...

HIV infection is caused by one or two related viruses (HIV-1 and HIV-2) resulting in a wide range of clinical manifestations varying from asymptomatic carrier ...

'HIV' and 'AIDS' synonymously; however, while all persons with AIDS have HIV infection, not all those with. HIV infection will go on to develop AIDS. The ...

In a global context in which HIV and AIDS are no longer restricted to a single sector or region, but affect significant numbers of people interlinked ...

This issue of Program Notes highlights new HIV linkage to care initiatives in Wisconsin and provides an overview of linkage to care and the key role that it ...