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Research Paper | Medical Science | Indonesia | Volume 9 Issue 2, February 2020

Clinical Spectrum of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome at Wangaya Regional General Hospital on January 2018-August 2019

Ni Made Putri Lastiana ^[2] | Ketut Suryana ^[17]

Abstract: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the leading infectious cause of adult death in the world. Untreated disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has a case fatality rate that approaches 100 %. Diagnose of HIV/AIDS base on case definition for aids and surveillance according WHO (1993) and the clinical diagnose divided into mayor and minor symptoms. Mayor symptoms are clinical sign that are invariably or almost invariably present and minor symptoms are less frequent but are often associated in a significant manner with the preceding symptoms. In this research reported clinical manifestation of AIDS surveillance at Wangaya Regional General hospital on January 2018 – August 2019 that compared with clinical of AIDS according WHO. Two hundred and eighty-four patients that diagnose AIDS (>13 years old) were studied at Wangaya Regional General hospital on January 2018-August 2019. In this research show that the clinical of weigh loss > 10 % of body weight still be the highest clinical sign of aids in Wangaya Regional General hospital. This research suitable with case definition and surveillance according WHO that weigh loss >10 % in mayor criteria of HIV/AIDS.

Keywords: HIV, AIDS, Surveilance

Edition: Volume 9 Issue 2, February 2020,

Pages: 713 - 716

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