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fliguana t1_iv31mra wrote

AIDS is the collection of symptoms caused by HIV infection.

It is possible to become immunocompromised by other means, but those symptoms are not called AIDS, because AIDS is used only in HIV context.

It is easiest to settle such arguments with a dictionary.

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runthereszombies t1_iv4aey5 wrote

This is true, just a small correction for clarity. AIDS isn't really a set of symptoms. Its defined as an HIV infection that has progressed to a point where the person has a CD4 count under 200 or has an "AIDS-defining condition". The 2 often go hand in hand because these AIDS defining conditions usually happen at very low CD4 counts. So you can have AIDS and then actually regress back to just an HIV infection with HAART when the CD4 count recovers.

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