AIDS acquired immune deficiency

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AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome HIV, human immunodeficiency virus. (Adapted from the DHHS Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents, April 7, 2005.)... 

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De Clercq E. New perspectives for the chemotherapy and chemoprophylaxis of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). Verh K Acad Geneeskd... 

AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome CF, complement fixation ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate HMRT, highly active antiretroviral therapy NSAIDs, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. 

AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome CT, computer tomography HIV, human immunodefiaency virus MRI, magnetic resonance imaging. 

An acronym is a word that is formed from the first letters or parts of a series of words. For example, AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome), radar (radio detecting and ranging), and scuba (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) are common acronyms. 

Conditions which can affect the immune system and cause it to malfunction are Cushing s disease (caused by excess steroid production or treatment - T and B cell lysis), Hodgkin s disease (cancer of the lymph nodes - whole body T cell deficiency), Bruton s disease (B cell deficiency -susceptibility to infection), and, of course, AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). 

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When AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) first came into the news in the 1980s it was a horror story of mysterious deaths from normally harmless diseases after the patient s immune system had been weakened and eventually destroyed. The cause was identified by biologists as a new virus HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and antiviral drugs, notably AZT (Chapter 49), were used with some success. These drugs imitate natural nucleosides (AZT imitates deoxythymidine) and inhibit the virus from copying its RNA into DNA inside human cells by inhibiting the enzyme reverse transcriptase . 

The treatment of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is one of the major areas of research at present. In 2002 it was estimated that there were... 

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Figure 4.29. DNA Sequence Yields the Amino Acid Sequence. The complete nucleotide sequence of HIV-1 (human immunodeficiency virus), the cause of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome), was determined within a year after the isolation of the virus. A part of the DNA sequence specified by the RNA genome of the virus is shown here with the corresponding amino acid sequence (deduced from a knowledge of the genetic code).

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