HIV/AIDS

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HIV/AIDS is a chronic, life-threatening disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, which attacks the immune system and has had profound global public health, social, and political impacts since its emergence in the late 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blood-borne disease
infectious disease
pandemic
sexually transmitted infection
viral disease
affectsSystem immune system
cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
linked to: HIV/AIDS

immune system failure
diagnosedBy HIV RNA test
HIV antibody test
HIV antigen test
disproportionatelyAffects key populations at higher risk
sub-Saharan Africa
linked to: Sub-Saharan Africa
firstReported 1981
firstReportedIn United States
globalImpact economic burden
human rights issues
major public health crisis
social stigma
hasAbbreviation AIDS
linked to: HIV/AIDS

HIV
hasCauseAgent human immunodeficiency virus
hasLegalAndPoliticalImpact anti-discrimination laws
changes in public health policy
global funding initiatives
hasNo curative treatment as of 2024
hasRiskFactor injection drug use
presence of other sexually transmitted infections
unprotected sex with multiple partners
hasStage AIDS
linked to: HIV/AIDS

acute HIV infection
chronic HIV infection
hasSymptom chronic diarrhea
fever in acute infection
night sweats
recurrent infections
weight loss
hasVaccine no licensed HIV vaccine as of 2024
leadsTo increased cancer risk
opportunistic infections
managedBy lifelong treatment
notTransmittedBy casual contact
mosquito bites
preventionMethod condom use
harm reduction for injection drug use
post-exposure prophylaxis
pre-exposure prophylaxis
prevention of mother-to-child transmission
screening of blood products
researchedBy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
UNAIDS
World Health Organization
targetsCellType CD4+ T cells
dendritic cells
macrophages
transmittedBy breastfeeding
contaminated blood transfusion
mother-to-child transmission
sharing needles
unprotected sexual contact
treatedWith antiretroviral therapy
combination antiretroviral therapy
highly active antiretroviral therapy

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Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome focusesOn Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
linked to: HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
linked to: HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS hasAbbreviation AIDS
linked to: HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS hasStage AIDS
linked to: HIV/AIDS
Rock Hudson causeOfDeath AIDS
linked to: HIV/AIDS
Tommy Morrison testedPositiveFor HIV
linked to: HIV/AIDS
All My Children addressedTopic AIDS
linked to: HIV/AIDS
Freddie Mercury underlyingCondition AIDS
linked to: HIV/AIDS
progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy hasCause HIV infection
linked to: HIV/AIDS
progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy hasCause AIDS
linked to: HIV/AIDS
Jonathan Mann fieldOfWork HIV/AIDS
HIV Medicine Association field HIV medicine
linked to: HIV/AIDS
20th century hasMajorEvent HIV/AIDS pandemic
linked to: HIV/AIDS
NHAS focusesOn AIDS
linked to: HIV/AIDS
CD4+ T cells areDepletedIn AIDS
linked to: HIV/AIDS
Longtime Companion mainSubject HIV/AIDS in the United States
linked to: HIV/AIDS
Gia subjectMatter HIV/AIDS
World AIDS Day hasMainTopic HIV/AIDS
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town researchArea HIV/AIDS
subject linked to: Faculty of Health Sciences
NIH FIC supportsResearchOn HIV/AIDS
We Didn't Start the Fire mentions AIDS
linked to: HIV/AIDS
Avram Finkelstein hasSubject HIV/AIDS
1985 mainSubject AIDS
subject linked to: Yen Tan
linked to: HIV/AIDS
Center for AIDS Research at UNC focusesOn AIDS
linked to: HIV/AIDS
California Proposition 215 appliesToConditions AIDS
linked to: HIV/AIDS
PATH focusesOn HIV/AIDS
Peter Piot fieldOfWork HIV/AIDS