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Key Terms and Concepts to Study
  • acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
  • human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
  • retrovirus
  • epidemiology
  • reverse transcriptase
  • integrase
  • protease
  • viral load
  • opportunistic infections
  • highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)
  • nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs)
  • non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs)
  • protease inhibitors (PIs)
  • drug-resistant mutant HIV
  • anemia
  • neutropenia
  • thrombocytopenia
  • disclosure of HIV status
  • vertical transmission



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