AIDS and HIV Infection

ART reduces viral multiplication.

Early treatment greatly improves survival and quality of life.

Loss of helper T cells severely compromises immune function.

Viral load measures HIV quantity in blood.

Reduced immunity permits fungal growth.

HIV specifically recognizes CD4-bearing cells.

Shared needles can transfer infected blood.

Many infected individuals initially show no symptoms.

Chronic infection often causes fatigue.

HIV is an acellular virus.

Night sweats frequently occur in chronic HIV infection.

HIV possesses a host-derived lipid envelope.

Symptoms may take years to appear.

Long-term HIV infection weakens immunity.

HIV is not spread through utensils.

Lymph nodes react to infection.

HIV replicates only in living cells.

Immune deficiency lowers pathogen resistance.

Sterilization removes infectious agents.