Catalog

Human immunodeficiency virus disease associated with other malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, haematopoietic or related tissue

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Link to WHO Definition

Human immunodeficiency virus disease associated with other malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, haematopoietic or related tissue – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1546780027

This is a lentivirus (slowly replicating retrovirus) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive. This is a disease resulting in other malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue.