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immunodeficiency

Defect in immunity that impairs the body's ability to resist infection. The immune system may fail to function for many reasons. Immune disorders caused by a genetic defect are usually evident early in life. Others can be acquired at any age through infections (e.g., AIDS) or immunosuppression. Aspects of the immune response that may be affected include lymphocytes, other leukocytes, antibodies, and complement. Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), which arises from several different genetic defects, disrupts all of these. Depending on the cause, treatment for immunodeficiency may be administration of immunoglobulins, bone-marrow transplant, or therapy for the underlying disease.

immunodeficiency

a deficiency in or breakdown of a person's immune system

immunodeficiency

¦im·yə‚nō·də′fish·ən·sē

(immunology)

Any defect of antibody function or cell-mediated immunity.

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The CARE Act, administered by the Department of Health and Human Services's (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), was enacted to address the needs of jurisdictions, health care providers, and people with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS).

Ryan White CARE Act: Estimated Effect of Proposed Stop-Loss Provision ... by General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony

We have identified a new human immunodeficiency virus in a Cameroonian woman", Jean-Christophe Plantier of the Universite de Rouen in France wrote together with his colleagues in the journal Nature Medicine on Sunday.

New HIV strain discovered by Aljazeera.net

Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), a pathogen circulating in African animal primates, is believed by many scientists to be a precursor of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS.

Chimps die from AIDS-like disease after viral infection by AFP / AFP Global Edition

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