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ID DOID:526
Name human immunodeficiency virus infectious disease
Definition A viral infectious disease that results in destruction of immune system, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers, has_material_basis_in Human immunodeficiency virus 1 or has_material_basis_in Human immunodeficiency virus 2, which are transmitted by sexual contact, transmitted by transfer of blood, semen, vaginal fluid, pre-ejaculate, or breast milk, transmitted by congenital method, and transmitted by contaminated needles. The virus infects helper T cells (CD4+ T cells) which are directly or indirectly destroyed, macrophages, and dendritic cells. The infection has symptom diarrhea, has symptom fatigue, has symptom fever, has symptom vaginal yeast infection, has symptom headache, has symptom mouth sores, has symptom muscle aches, has symptom sore throat, and has symptom swollen lymph glands.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000602.htm
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ICD10CM:B20

ICD9CM:042-042.99

MESH:D015658

NCI:C3108

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:86406008

UMLS_CUI:C0019693

Subsets

DO_infectious_disease_slim

NCIthesaurus

zoonotic_infectious_disease

Synonyms

HIV infection [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a viral infectious disease

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