Learning Objectives for "Animal Virus Life Cycles: A Natural History of HIV Infection"

After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.

1.* State the median incubation period for AIDS and, in terms of viral load, exhaustion of the lymphopoietic system, and immune responses, briefly describe what marks the progression to AIDS.

2. Briefly describe the following:

a. early or acute HIV infection
b. chronic HIV infection
c. AIDS

Think-Pair-Share Questions

Why do you think the incubation period between HIV infection and AIDS has typically been 10 years or more?

(*) or (**) = possible discussion question

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