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HIV Clinical Stage Indicators/DiagMethods
viral diseases test 3
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 1
03/09/2012

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Term
Phase I
Definition
*asymptomatic or lymphadenopathy
*800-1000 CD4 Tcells (normal)
*shows up in serum 21-25 days
Term
Phase II
Definition
*persistent yeast infection (C. albicans)
*diarrhea, *fever
*shingles (herpes-zoster)
*hairy leukoplakia (oral mucosa white patches) EB virus
*CD4 Tcells 200-499/antibodies present
Term
Phase III (clinical AIDS)
Definition
*C.albicans esophagus/bronchi/lungs
*Cytomegalovirus eye infection
*atypical/typical TB
*Pneumocystis pneumonia
*toxoplasmosis brain (Toxoplasma gondii/protozoan)
*Kaposi's sarcoma (herpes 8)
*CD4 Tcell <200
Term
Diagnostic Methods
Definition
*antibody test ELISA & Western blot
*plasma viral load
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