Human immunodeficiency virus

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Human immunodeficiency virus, abbreviated HIV, is generally held to be the causative agent in acquire immune deficiency syndrome, commonly abbreviated AIDS.

It is associated with a very wide range of pathology including neoplasias and infections.

HIV-associated pathology

Neoplasia

Other

Miscellaneous

Renal pathology

Infections

Less common:

AIDS-defining conditions

There is a long list of AIDS-defining illnesses.[6]

Selected infectious AIDS-defining illnesses

Selected neoplastic AIDS-defining illnesses

See also

References

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