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Frequently asked question: What is AIDS?

AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. You have AIDS if you have so few CD4 cells that you get opportunistic infections.
Examples of opportunistic infections are:

A severe lung infection caused by a common bacterium
Severe infections in the esophagus, brain, blood and various other parts of the body caused by fungi.

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