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Flashcards: HIV/AIDS

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HIVthe virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
AIDSa syndrome caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that renders immune cells ineffective, permitting opportunistic infections, malignancies, and neurologic diseases to develop; transmitted sexually or through contaminated blood
EIAa test that screens for the presence of HIV antibodies in the blood
ELISAEnzyme Linked Immunoassay
Immune Systema system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response
T cellsan immune system cell that coordinates the immune system and attacks many infected cells
Rapid TestsA type of test for HIV, results come in in 20 minutes.
Lymphomaa neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant
Western Blotblood test used to check for antibodies for HIV and to confirm an ELISA test
Abstinenceact of refraining from
B cellsa white blood cell that make antibodies
PCP pneumoniaA disease caused by HIV.