HIV-positive
Infected with AIDS virus
HIV-positive describes someone who has tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus, the virus that causes AIDS.
The term is clinical and neutral: She learned she was HIV-positive in her twenties.
With modern antiretroviral treatment, many HIV-positive people live long, healthy lives and can have undetectable viral loads.
Drug blocking viral reproduction
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- adherenceFaithful following of something
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
medication · prescription · side-effects · dosage · pharmacokinetics · compliance · undetectable · first-line
Lasting extended period
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- chronicPersisting over time
- comorbiditySimultaneous presence of diseases
- agingGrowing older over time
healthcare · wellness · nutrition · adherence · routine · resilience · self-care · disclosure
Having detectable antibodies
- confirmedEstablished as accurate
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- antibodyProtein targeting foreign substances
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
Unjust differential treatment
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- misconceptionErroneous belief or understanding
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
ostracism · stereotyping · judgment · fear · marginalization · isolation · bias · rejection
Systematic development of mind
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- outreachProactive community assistance
- advocacyPleading for a cause
testing · condoms · PrEP · transmission · harm-reduction · mother-to-child
antiretroviral
Drug blocking viral reproduction
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- adherenceFaithful following of something
regimen · medication · prescription · side-effects · dosage · pharmacokinetics · compliance · undetectable · first-line · second-line
long-term
Lasting extended period
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- chronicPersisting over time
- comorbiditySimultaneous presence of diseases
aging · healthcare · wellness · nutrition · adherence · routine · resilience · self-care · disclosure · dating
seropositive
Having detectable antibodies
discrimination
Unjust differential treatment
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- misconceptionErroneous belief or understanding
- shamePainful awareness of failure
taboo · ostracism · stereotyping · judgment · fear · marginalization · isolation · bias · rejection · exclusion
education
Systematic development of mind
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- outreachProactive community assistance
advocacy · testing · condoms · PrEP · transmission · harm-reduction · mother-to-child
retrovirus
RNA virus copying into DNA
viremia · subtype · clade · reservoir · replication · envelope · lentivirus · mutation · tropism · latency
HIV-positiveHIV-negative
Without the virus
negative · seronegative · uninfected · nonreactive · clear
positive, positively, positivity, positives, posit, position, positions, positioned, positioning