Chapter 21- Care of PTs with HIV Disease and Other Immune Deficiencies
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Retroviruses | the family of viruses that includes the human immune deficiency virus |
| Opportunistic Infection | infection caused by organisms that are present as part of the normal environment and would be kept in check by normal immune function |
| Lymphadenopathy | persistently enlarged lymph nodes |
| Viremia | the presence of viruses in the blood |
| Anergy | the inability to mount an immune response to an antigen |
| Viral Load Testing | test that measures the presence of human immune deficiency virus genetic material (ribonucleic acid) or other viral proteins in the patient's blood |
| Primary | Disease/deficiency present since birth |
| Secondary | disease/deficiency acquired as a result of viral infection, contact with a toxin, or medical therapy |
| Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) | chronic infection with immunodeficiency virus |
| Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) | last and most serious stage of HIV infection |
| Immunodeficiency | deficient immune response as a result of impaired or missing immune components |
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