HIV infection
Virus attacking immunity
HIV infection is the state of carrying the human immunodeficiency virus, which attacks the immune system and can progress to AIDS if untreated.
The term covers all stages from initial infection to advanced disease: She's been living with HIV infection for fifteen years.
Modern antiretroviral treatment can suppress the virus indefinitely, making HIV infection a manageable chronic condition rather than a death sentence.
- AIDSImmune deficiency syndrome
- HIVAIDS-causing retrovirus
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- immune systemBody's pathogen-fighting network
antibody · viral load · immunodeficiency · thymus · peer support groups · interferon · at-risk populations · needle sharing · sexual transmission · condom use · PCR testing · drug cocktail · seropositive · safe sex · protease · counseling services · blood test · retrovirus
- infectionsbacteremia, septicemia, viremia, polio, hepatitis
- Immune WeaknessHIV, AIDS, chemotherapy, immunosuppressants, leukemia
- RetrovirusesHIV, HIV-1, HIV-2, lentivirus, oncovirus
HIV infectionuninfected
Free from disease agents
seronegative · health · good health · robust health · disease-free
infection, infect, infected, infecting, infectious, infectiously, infectiousness, infective, disinfect