HIV-associated pruritus
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HIV-associated pruritus is a cutaneous condition, an itchiness of the skin, that occurs in up to 30% of HIV
infected people, occurs when the T-cell count drops below 400 per cubic mm.
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
infected people, occurs when the T-cell count drops below 400 per cubic mm.