Since the discovery in 1980s, HIV/AIDS has become the most important infectious disease globally. Many of the clinical features of HIV/AIDS can be ascribed to the profound immune deficiency in patients. HIV infection also increases the risk of autoimmune diseases and malignancies such as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Kaposi's sarcoma.
Category
Immune system disease; Viral infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
04 Diseases of the immune system
4A20 Acquired immunodeficiencies
H00406 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by ssRNA-RT viruses
H00406 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
