chronic infections
Long-term bodily invaders
Chronic infections are infections that persist over a long period, typically months or years, rather than resolving quickly.
Unlike acute infections that the immune system clears, chronic infections may be managed but not eliminated: chronic hepatitis, chronic Lyme disease.
The term describes both the duration and the ongoing nature of the body's struggle against a pathogen.
- HIVAIDS-causing retrovirus
- tuberculosisMycobacterial lung disease
- biofilmAdhesive layer of microorganisms
- latencyDelay in system response
- endocarditisInflamed inner heart lining
persistent cough · osteomyelitis · drug resistance · antibiotic resistance · reactivation · weakened immune system · Epstein-Barr virus · gastritis · PCR testing · fever · lingering symptoms · reservoir · serology · encephalitis · low-grade fever · lingering · slow burn · immune suppression
- viral biologyvirions, viral particles, viral RNA, DNA viruses, bacteriophages
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