HIV/AIDS

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blood-borne disease infectious disease pandemic sexually transmitted infection viral disease

HIV/AIDS is a chronic, life-threatening disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, which attacks the immune system and has had profound global public health, social, and political impacts since its emergence in the late 20th century.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
AIDS	5
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome	1
HIV	1
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	blood-borne disease ⓘ infectious disease ⓘ pandemic ⓘ sexually transmitted infection ⓘ viral disease ⓘ
affectsSystem	immune system ⓘ
cause	HIV/AIDS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome immune system failure ⓘ
diagnosedBy	HIV RNA test ⓘ HIV antibody test ⓘ HIV antigen test ⓘ
disproportionatelyAffects	key populations at higher risk ⓘ Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ surface form: sub-Saharan Africa
firstReported	1981 ⓘ
firstReportedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
globalImpact	economic burden ⓘ human rights issues ⓘ major public health crisis ⓘ social stigma ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	HIV/AIDS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: AIDS HIV ⓘ
hasCauseAgent	human immunodeficiency virus ⓘ
hasLegalAndPoliticalImpact	anti-discrimination laws ⓘ changes in public health policy ⓘ global funding initiatives ⓘ
hasNo	curative treatment as of 2024 ⓘ
hasRiskFactor	injection drug use ⓘ presence of other sexually transmitted infections ⓘ unprotected sex with multiple partners ⓘ
hasStage	HIV/AIDS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: AIDS acute HIV infection ⓘ chronic HIV infection ⓘ
hasSymptom	chronic diarrhea ⓘ fever in acute infection ⓘ night sweats ⓘ recurrent infections ⓘ weight loss ⓘ
hasVaccine	no licensed HIV vaccine as of 2024 ⓘ
leadsTo	increased cancer risk ⓘ opportunistic infections ⓘ
managedBy	lifelong treatment ⓘ
notTransmittedBy	casual contact ⓘ mosquito bites ⓘ
preventionMethod	condom use ⓘ harm reduction for injection drug use ⓘ post-exposure prophylaxis ⓘ pre-exposure prophylaxis ⓘ prevention of mother-to-child transmission ⓘ screening of blood products ⓘ
researchedBy	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ⓘ UNAIDS ⓘ World Health Organization ⓘ
targetsCellType	CD4+ T cells ⓘ dendritic cells ⓘ macrophages ⓘ
transmittedBy	breastfeeding ⓘ contaminated blood transfusion ⓘ mother-to-child transmission ⓘ sharing needles ⓘ unprotected sexual contact ⓘ
treatedWith	antiretroviral therapy ⓘ combination antiretroviral therapy ⓘ highly active antiretroviral therapy ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

All My Children → addressedTopic → HIV/AIDS ⓘ

this entity surface form: AIDS

HIV/AIDS → cause → HIV/AIDS self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Rock Hudson → causeOfDeath → HIV/AIDS ⓘ

this entity surface form: AIDS

Millennium Development Goals → focusArea → HIV/AIDS ⓘ

Society for Medical Anthropology → focusesOn → HIV/AIDS ⓘ

Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome → focusesOn → HIV/AIDS ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

HIV/AIDS → hasAbbreviation → HIV/AIDS self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: AIDS

HIV/AIDS → hasStage → HIV/AIDS self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: AIDS

Infections and Inequalities → mainSubject → HIV/AIDS ⓘ

National HIV/AIDS Strategy of the United States → policyArea → HIV/AIDS ⓘ

SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Centre → renamedToInclude → HIV/AIDS ⓘ

Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome → subject → HIV/AIDS ⓘ

Tommy Morrison → testedPositiveFor → HIV/AIDS ⓘ

this entity surface form: HIV

Freddie Mercury → underlyingCondition → HIV/AIDS ⓘ

this entity surface form: AIDS