Short description
AIDS (
Acquired
Immune
Deficiency
Syndrome) is a weakness of the
immune system caused by infection with the human
immunodeficiency virus (
HIV).
Detailed description
HIV damages certain cells of the
immune system. This makes the person more likely to get infections such as pneumonia or mycoses, which usually do not present a problem for healthy people. To date, there is neither a vaccination against HIV nor a cure for the infection. However, with antiretroviral therapy, the progression from HIV infection to AIDS can be postponed and life expectancy can be increased.
