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WHO
Clinical case definition for AIDS in South East Asia
Clinical AID in an adult is defined as
an individual who has been identified as meeting the two criteria A
& B below:
- Positive test for HIV infection by 2
tests preferably on two separate antigens.
- Any one of the following criteria:
- Weight loss of 10% of body weight or
cachexia, which is not due to a condition unrelated to HIV.
- Chronic diarrhea of one month
duration, intermittent r constant.
- Disseminated , miliarry or
extrapulmonary tuberculosis.
- Candidiasis of the esophagus,
diagnosable as dysphagia, odynophagia and oral candidiasis.
- Neurological impairment restricting
daily activity, not known to be due to a condition unrelated to
HIV (e.g. trauma)
- Kaposi
sarcoma
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