Human immunodeficiency virus. The virus responsible for AIDS. Destroys the body’s natural defences against disease, exposing it to fatal infections and cancer (Kaposi’s sarcoma). WHO estimates that by the year 2000, thirty million children may be infected.
A number of plant medicines inhibit HIV-1 replication including, Turmeric, Siberian Ginseng and Garlic.
The abbreviation for human immunodeficiency virus. is a retrovirus (see virus) and is the cause of AIDS. There are 2 closely related viruses: -1, which is the most common cause of throughout the world; and -2, which is largely confined to West Africa.
gains access to the body through contaminated blood transfusions, nonsterile needles, or sexual intercourse. A fetus may be infected via the placenta. has an affinity for the T-lymphocytes, in which the virus multiplies and, in some cases, destroys function. People with infection should have regular monitoring in order to determine when specific treatments, such as antiretroviral drugs, are necessary.
Human immunodeficiency virus, the retrovirus that is at least partially responsible for AIDS. At this time it is not clear what other disorders besides AIDS may come from HIV infections. AIDS is a syndrome, partially (perhaps totally) produced by HIV. As with EBV, it is quite possible that the virus may cause only moderate immunosuppression in some people, while in others it will progress further to AIDS. the jury (all of them/us) is still out.
Human immunode?ciency virus: the virus that is responsible for AIDS (see AIDS/HIV). It is one of the family of human T-cell lymphocytotrophic viruses, others of which may cause lymphomas (see LYMPHOMA) in humans.
human immunodeficiency virus-associated nephropathy: a condition associated with HIV infection. The patient usually presents with nephrotic-range proteinuria (see nephrotic syndrome) with microscopic haematuria, without oedema but with a rapid decline in renal function. Enlargement of the kidneys on ultrasound examination is a common finding, and HIVAN may precede other manifestations of HIV infection. Typical renal pathological findings are of a collapsing form of *focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. The clinical course is usually one of rapid decline in renal function.... hivan
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