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Co infection:
Two or more infections, which
emerge at the same time in the same individual.
Epidemical core:
The area in which the
epidemic is more noticeable.
Opportunistic infections:
Infections, which emerge in
patients with weakened immune defences (as happens with those who
have AIDS), whose causes are microorganisms normally harmless to
individuals with a healthy immune system.
Multiple therapy:
A therapy based on a
combination of drugs.
Pandemic:
An epidemic, which is
widespread all over the world or an infection expanding rapidly from
one country to another.
Immunodeficiency syndrome:
Immunodeficiency syndromes
are characterized by a higher susceptibility to infections because
of a decreased activity of the immune system. AIDS (Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is caused by the HIV virus, which
progressively destroys the immune system.
Nutritional sustenance:
Addition of food to the
normal daily diet.
Antiretroviral therapy:
Pharmacological therapy
against infections caused by viruses of the retrovirus group (HIV
virus belongs to the retrovirus group).
Iatrogenic transmission:
The transmission of a disease
from an individual to another through the use of inadequately
sterilized medical tools (syringes, lancets, etc.).
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