AIDS Infections and Disease Progression
HIV infections and disease progression in Humans
- The course of HIV infection and disease progression may span for a decade.
- Stages of HIV infections include:
- Primary infection
- Dissemination of virus to lymphoid organs
- Clinical latency
- Induction of HIV expression
- Clinical disease
- Death
- The duration between primary infection and progression to clinical disease averages about 10 years.
- Death usually occurs within 2 years after the onset of clinical symptoms.
- Following primary infection, viral replication occurs and the virus in blood (viremia) is detectable for about 8-12 weeks.
- Virus is widely disseminated throughout the body during this time, and the lymphoid organs become affected.
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