Viral infection- Human immunodeficiency virus

OUTCOME

• Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, is a disease caused by the Human immunodeficiency virus and is characterized by marked immunosuppression.
• The mode of transmission is by sexual contacts, blood transfusions, needle prick injury, or from mother to child.
• About 5-10% percent of the infected appear to escape clinical AIDS for 15 years or more. They have been ‘Long Term Survivors’ or ‘Long Term Progressors’