Changes

In 2017, the ''Specialty Pharmacy Times'', "When combatting viruses such as [[HIV]], several enzymes in the immune system may malfunction and cause cancer-related mutations, according to a new study published by Nature Communications."<ref>[https://www.specialtypharmacytimes.com/news/fighting-hiv-other-viruses-could-trigger-cancer-mutations Fighting HIV, Other Viruses Could Trigger Cancer Mutations], ''Specialty Pharmacy Times'', 2017</ref>

In 2017, the ''Specialty Pharmacy Times'', "When combatting viruses such as [[HIV]], several enzymes in the immune system may malfunction and cause cancer-related mutations, according to a new study published by Nature Communications."<ref>[https://www.specialtypharmacytimes.com/news/fighting-hiv-other-viruses-could-trigger-cancer-mutations Fighting HIV, Other Viruses Could Trigger Cancer Mutations], ''Specialty Pharmacy Times'', 2017</ref>

In September 2010, [[Reuters]] reported: "Nearly one in five gay and bisexual men in 21 major U.S. cities are infected with HIV, and nearly half of them do not know it".<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/2010/09/23/us-aids-usa-idUSTRE68M3H220100923</ref> A September 2010 report of the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) declared : "[[Homosexuality|Gay]], [[bisexual]], and other men who have sex with men (MSM) represent approximately 2% of the US population, yet are the population most severely affected by [[HIV]] and are the only risk group in which new HIV infections have been increasing steadily since the early 1990s. In 2006, MSM accounted for more than half (53%) of all new HIV infections in the United States..."<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/msm/index.htm</ref> In August 2009, LifeSiteNews reported: "An official with the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) announced the CDC's estimate Monday that in the [[United States]] [[AIDS]] is fifty times more prevalent among men who have sex with men ('MSM') than the rest of the population."<ref>https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2009/aug/09082609</ref>  See also: [[Homosexuality and AIDS]]

In September 2010, [[Reuters]] reported: "Nearly one in five gay and bisexual men in 21 major U.S. cities are infected with HIV, and nearly half of them do not know it".<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/2010/09/23/us-aids-usa-idUSTRE68M3H220100923</ref> A September 2010 report of the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) declared : "[[Homosexuality|Gay]], [[bisexual]], and other men who have sex with men (MSM) represent approximately 2% of the US population, yet are the population most severely affected by [[HIV]] and are the only risk group in which new HIV infections have been increasing steadily since the early 1990s. In 2006, MSM accounted for more than half (53%) of all new HIV infections in the United States..."<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/msm/index.htm</ref> In August 2009, LifeSiteNews reported: "An official with the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) announced the CDC's estimate Monday that in the [[United States]] [[AIDS]] is fifty times more prevalent among men who have sex with men ('MSM') than the rest of the population."<ref>https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2009/aug/09082609</ref>  See also: [[Homosexuality and AIDS]]

== Diagnosis ==

== Diagnosis ==

According to the CDC's 1993 guidelines,<ref>http://www.cdc.gov</ref><ref>http://www.merckmedicus.com/ppdocs/us/hcp/content/merck/hiv/hivaids/aidsdefi.htmAIDS is defined</ref> as follows:

According to the CDC's 1993 guidelines,<ref>https://www.cdc.gov</ref><ref>http://www.merckmedicus.com/ppdocs/us/hcp/content/merck/hiv/hivaids/aidsdefi.htmAIDS is defined</ref> as follows:

HIV infection ''plus'' any of the following:

HIV infection ''plus'' any of the following:

*[[CD4]] count less than 200 or

*[[CD4]] count less than 200 or

*CD4 percentage less than 14% of total lymphocytes or

*CD4 percentage less than 14% of total lymphocytes or

*Any of the following illnesses: pulmonary TB, recurrent pneumonia, invasive cervical cancer.

*Any of the following illnesses: pulmonary TB, recurrent pneumonia, invasive cervical cancer.

*Expanded definition including 23 clinical conditions published elsewhere<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/00018871.htm</ref>

*Expanded definition including 23 clinical conditions published elsewhere<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/00018871.htm</ref>

The World Health Organization uses a different staging method for HIV disease.<ref>http://www.aids-ed.org/aetc/aetc?page=cm-105_disease</ref>

The World Health Organization uses a different staging method for HIV disease.<ref>http://www.aids-ed.org/aetc/aetc?page=cm-105_disease</ref>