Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome [AIDS]
« Back to Glossary IndexAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is the group of conditions that develop during the advanced stage of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). People at this stage of HIV disease have badly damaged immune systems, which puts them at risk of infection. Patients frequently develop infections and tumours that do not usually affect people who have healthy immune systems.
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