AIDS-Defining Condition

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Any HIV-related illness included in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) list of diagnostic criteria for AIDS. AIDS-defining conditions include opportunistic infections and cancers that are life-threatening in a person with HIV.

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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Opportunistic Infection (OI)
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Examples of AIDS-defining conditions, included in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s list of diagnostic criteria for AIDS.

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