TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Human Immunodeficiency Virus
A1  - Bookstaver, P. Brandon
A2  - Sutton, S. Scott
PY  - 2019
T2  - McGraw-Hill's NAPLEX® Review Guide, 3e
AB  - The  human  immunodeficiency  virus  (HIV  or  HIV-1)  is  a  retrovirus  that  causes  the  acquired  immunodeficiency  syndrome  (AIDS),  a  condition  in  which  progressive  failure  of  the  immune  system  leads  to  life-threatening  opportunistic  infections.  A  second  retrovirus,  HIV-2,  also  is  recognized  to  cause  AIDS,  although  it  is  less  virulent,  transmissible,  and  prevalent  than  HIV-1.  Modern  antiretroviral  regimens  have  decreased  the  morbidity  and  mortality  of  HIV;  however,  HIV  infection  cannot  be  cured  due  to  the  integration  of  the  HIV  genome  into  host  cells,  creating  a  latent  reservoir.  An  AIDS  diagnosis  is  made  when  the  presence  of  HIV  is  laboratory-confirmed  and  the  cluster  of  differentiation  4  (CD4  cell)  count  drops  below  200  cells/mm3  (200  ×  106/L)  for  those  older  than  or  equal  to  6  years  of  age  or  after  the  development  of  an  opportunistic  infection.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1158314605
ER  -