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Common types of illnesses associated with HIV

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Common opportunistic infections and HIV-related cancers

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Opportunistic infections (OIs) can be caused by viruses, bacteria, fungus, even parasites. Common OIs that are covered in this tutorial are:

AIDS-related cancers:

What follows are descriptions of some of these illnesses. Note that most of them occur only in people with severely suppressed immune function, such as in advanced HIV infection.

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