THE HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEM
AIDS
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the virus lives in your body without producing symptoms
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the acute phase of HIV infection
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a phase when you get severe symptoms from the virus infection
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a phase when your symptoms are medium strong
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Detailed explanation-1: -When a virus is present in the body but exists in a resting (latent) state without producing more virus. A latent viral infection usually does not cause any noticeable symptoms and can last a long period of time before becoming active and causing symptoms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many viruses have a propensity to cause latent infections. The majority of these viruses are from the family of Herpesviridae: herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1, HSV-2, varicella zoster virus (VZV), Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), CMV, human herpesvirus (HHV)-6, HHV-7 and Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV)-8.
Detailed explanation-3: -The latent period is the time taken by a phage particle to reproduce inside an infected host cell. At the population level in a one-step growth curve, it can be represented as the time taken for the newly formed phage particles to appear in the media.
Detailed explanation-4: -The state of latency occurs when a microbe’s persistence in a host produces host damage without perturbing homeostasis sufficiently to cause clinical symptoms or disease. The mechanisms contributing to latency are diverse and depend on the nature of both the microbe and the host.