Catalog

Human immunodeficiency virus disease associated with haematological or immunological abnormalities

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Human immunodeficiency virus disease associated with haematological or immunological abnormalities – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/604330064

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 immunological abnormalities, not elsewhere classified.