acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, see AIDS AIDS or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, fatal disease caused by a rapidly mutating retrovirus that attacks the immune system and leaves the victim vulnerable to infections, malignancies, and neurological disorders.
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in full acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Transmissible disease of the immune system caused by HIV. AIDS is the last stage of HIV infection, during which time the individual develops frequently fatal infections and cancers, including Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, cytomegalovirus (CMV), lymphoma, and Kaposi sarcoma. The first AIDS cases were identified in 1981, HIV was isolated in 1983, and blood tests were developed by 1985. According to the UN's 2004 report on AIDS, some 38 million people are living with HIV, approximately 5 million people become infected annually, and about 3 million people die each year from AIDS. Some 20 million people have died of the disease since 1981. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for some 70 percent of all HIV infections. Rates of infection are lower in other parts of the world, but the epidemic is spreading rapidly in eastern Europe, India, South and Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

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Ryan White CARE Act: Program Changes Affecting Minority AIDS ... by General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a term defined by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and by the European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS (EuroHIV).

Officials allay fears HIV will spread by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)

HIV can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Experimental HIV vaccine may have increased infection risk: study by AFP / AFP Global Edition

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Acquired melanocytic nevus
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Acquired Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
acquired pellicle
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Acquired Pit of the Optic Nerve
Acquired Platelet Dysfunction with Eosinophilia
acquired platelet function defect
Acquired polyps
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Acquired Profound Hearing Loss
Acquired Progressive Kinking of the Hair
Acquired Pure Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Acquired pure red cell aplasia
acquired reflex
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