The HIV patient asks the nurse about what to expect in terms of disease progression. The nurse tells this patient that although the disease can vary greatly among individuals, the usual pattern of progression includes
a. viremia, clinical latency, opportunistic diseases, and death.
b. asymptomatic phase, clinical latency, ARC, and AIDS.
c. acute retroviral syndrome, early infection, early symptomatic disease, and AIDS.
d. transitional viral syndrome, inactive disease, early symptomatic infection, and opportunistic diseases.
C
The progression from HIV to AIDS includes initial exposure, primary HIV infection, asymptomatic HIV infection, early HIV disease, and AIDS.
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