Diseases

HIV Infections

Includes the spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus infections that range from asymptomatic seropositivity, thru AIDS-related complex (ARC), to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

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Includes the spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus infections that range from asymptomatic seropositivity, thru AIDS-related complex (ARC), to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

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  • HTLV-III Infections
  • HTLV-III-LAV Infections
  • T-Lymphotropic Virus Type III Infections, Human
  • HIV Infection
  • HTLV III Infections
  • HTLV III LAV Infections
  • HTLV-III Infection
  • HTLV-III-LAV Infection
  • Infection, HIV
  • Infection, HTLV-III
  • Infection, HTLV-III-LAV
  • Infections, HIV
  • Infections, HTLV-III
  • Infections, HTLV-III-LAV
  • T Lymphotropic Virus Type III Infections, Human
  • HIV Coinfection
  • Coinfection, HIV
  • Coinfections, HIV
  • HIV Coinfections

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with HIV-1 or HIV-2

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History Note

90; T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE III INFECTION, HUMAN was HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE III INFECTION see ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME 1989; HIV INFECTION was see ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME 1988-89; HTLV-III INFECTION & HTLV-III-LAV INFECTION were see ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME 1987-89

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Previous Indexing

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (1983-1989)
  • HIV Seropositivity (1988-1989)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. HIV Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015658. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015658
  2. HIV Infections. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_infection
  3. HIV Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15787