Title: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.12833
Status: current

Definition
Disease caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), assuming clinical relevance when an infected patient has lost most of his/her CD4+ T cells, so that infections with opportunistic pathogens occur.

Related Terms
- CD4+ T cells: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12974
- human immunodeficiency virus (HIV): https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/13228

Source
- PAC, 2012, 84, 1113. 'IUPAC glossary of terms used in immunotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 1116 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-11-06-03)

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Citation: Citation: 'acquired immunodeficiency syndrome' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.12833
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