"The diagnosis of AIDS rests on the progression to clinical or serological evidence of immunodeficiency. According to the US CDC definition, one has AIDS if he/she is infected with HIV and presents with either:"
"Following infection with HIV, individuals experience a non-specific, flu-like seroconversion illness, manifesting as fever, sore throat, lymphadenopathy, skin rash, and malaise. This is followed by an asymptomatic incubation period, lasting several years."
"expression of the homing markers in the GALT is decreased because there is damage to its integrity; the damage results in bacterial translocation which causes a systemic immune activation 4"