aids

Question 1

HIV

Answer 1

human immunodeficiency virus

Question 2

HIV attacks ___

Answer 2

CD4 cells 9 (T cells)

Question 3

cells that help the immune system fight off infections

Answer 3

CD4 cells

Question 4

virus that can lead to AIDS

Answer 4

HIV

Question 5

ART

Answer 5

antiretroviral therapy

Question 6

stages of HIV infection

Answer 6

acute HIV infection
clinical latency stage
AIDS

Question 7

acute HIV infection can also be called

Answer 7

acute retroviral syndrome (ARS)
primary HIV infection

Question 8

in acute HIV infection, flu-like symptom develop within ____ after infection

Answer 8

2 to 4 weeks

Question 9

in acute HIV infection, large amounts of the virus are bein produced, then be brought back to a _____, wherein CD4 count increases

Answer 9

viral set point

Question 10

the relatively stable level of HIV in the body

Answer 10

viral set point

Question 11

the clinical latency stage of HIV infection can also be called

Answer 11

asymptomatic HIV infection
chronic HIV infection

Question 12

___ means a period where a virus is living or developing in a person without producing symptoms

Answer 12

latency

Question 13

the stage of HIV infection wherein HIV continues to reproduce at low levels, and infected individuals experience no symptoms

Answer 13

clinical latency stage

Question 14

AIDS

Answer 14

acquire immunodeficiency syndrome

Question 15

most severe phase of HIV infection

Answer 15

AIDS

Question 16

those with AIDS are more vulnerable to ____

Answer 16

opportunistic infections

Question 17

those with AIDS have a CD4 count of

Answer 17

below 200 cells per cubic millimeter

Question 18

those with a healthy immune system have a CD4 count of

Answer 18

500 to 1600 cells per cubic millimeter

Question 19

HIV infection has no cure but can be controlled by

Answer 19

ART