What are HIV and AIDS?

What is a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)?
Some STIs cause infection of reproductive organs, others like HIV, Hepatitis B, Syphilis cause general body infections. Failure to diagnose and treat STIs at an early stage may result in serious complications and sequels (infertility, fetal wastage, ectopic pregnancy, anogenital cancer and premature death, as well as neonatal and [...]

What are clinical symptoms? (HIV / AIDS)

AIDS is a syndrome and its symptoms vary between individuals and according to the prevalent opportunistic infections. Diagnosis should be done by trained or expert health workers, based both on symptoms and test of HIV antibodies in the blood.

Clinical stages for a HIV positive person (WHO Classification)

Stage I

Asymptomatic

Or persistant generalized Lymphadenopathy
Lymph nodes [...]