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WHO disease staging system for HIV infection and disease

Medical classification for HIV/AIDS

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Medical classification for HIV/AIDS

WHO Disease Staging System for HIV Infection and Disease was first produced in 1990 by the World Health Organization{{

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Stage I: HIV disease is asymptomatic and not categorized as AIDS.

Stage II: include minor mucocutaneous manifestations and recurrent upper respiratory tract infections.

Stage III: includes unexplained chronic diarrhea for longer than a month, severe bacterial infections and pulmonary tuberculosis.

Stage IV: includes toxoplasmosis of the brain, candidiasis of the esophagus, trachea, bronchi or lungs and Kaposi's sarcoma; these diseases are used as indicators of AIDS.

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References

  1. (2007). "WHO case definitions of HIV for surveillance and revised clinical staging and immunological classification of HIV-related disease in adults and children". [[World Health Organization]].
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