AIDS

AIDS is also known as acquired immune trap syndrome (AIDS). It is a syndrome that causes immunodeficiency after being infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and is accompanied by a series of opportunistic infections and tumors. In severe cases, it can lead to death. . Clinical manifestations are fever, sore throat, headache, rash, muscle and joint pain, etc., often accompanied by systemic lymphadenopathy. According to China's CDC estimates, as of the end of 2011, there were about 780,000 HIV carriers and AIDS patients in China, 48,000 new infections and 28,000 deaths throughout the year.

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