What is AIDS? What is Acquired Immunodeficiency Virus?
AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: AIDS is the late stage of an infection caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV. AIDS is a complex disease characterized by severe damage to the body’s natural immune system. A person with AIDS becomes susceptible to unusual opportunistic diseases and cancers that are not ordinarily a threat to people with normal immune systems. A person who is infected with HIV is said to have AIDS when the T-Cell or CD4 count falls below 200 or when diagnosed with one of more than two dozen specific serious illnesses.
