AIDS (aquired immune deficiency syndrome; The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is caused by HIV-virus manifested by opportunistic infections and/or malignancies, and the mortality rate is very high. The syndrome results from a breakdown of the body's disease-fighting mechanism that leaves it defenceless against infections, such as pulmonary tuberculosis, Pneumocystis pneumonia, certain blood infections, candidiasis, invasive cervical cancer, Kaposi's sarcoma or any of over 20 other indicator diseases. No effective treatment is available. A striking feature of AIDS is the wide spectrum and frequency of infections with life-threatening pathogens seldom seen in normal hosts. The illness may begin with insidious signs and symptoms, and the process may be more diffuse than when the same conditions are seen in other immune-compromised patients. Four patterns of disease occur in AIDS patients. The pulmonary pattern, the central nervous system pattern, the gastrointestinal pattern, and the pattern of fever of unknown origin. Most patientswho recover from a given opportunistic infection subsequently either have a relapse or develop a new type of infection. Many patients continue to have a wasting syndrome and experience such infections as oral thrush. Feelings of depression and isolation are common among AIDS patients and can be intensified if health care workers display fear of the syndrome)

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Terms for subject Environment (31552 entries)

air emission right	droit d'émission dans l'atmosphère
air filter	filtre à air
air filter	épurateur
air filter cleaner	nettoyeur de filtre à air
air filter with knitted fabric filter medium	filtre à air à tricot
air flotation	flottation par aération
air heater	réchauffeur d'air
air heating apparatus	réchauffeur d'air
air lock	clapet à air
air lock	volet d'aération
Air Management Policy Group	groupe sur les politiques de gestion de l'air
air mass storm	orage de masse d'air
air mass trajectory	trajectoire des masses d'air
air movement	mouvement planétaire des masses d'air
air mover	aspirateur d'air
air odour threshold	limite olfactive
air odour threshold	seuil d'odeur
air odour threshold	seuil olfactif
air odour threshold	seuil olfactif de l'air
air officer	officier d'interventions aériennes