HIV infection has four distinct phases. Compare and contrast the first and second stage

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Answer: The first stage is the primary HIV infection stage, which follows exposure to HIV, lasts a few weeks, and is accompanied by a short flulike illness. The second stage is the clinically asymptomatic stage, which lasts an average of 10 years. During the second stage, patients do not have symptoms, but they can transmit the infection, and HIV continues to multiply, infecting and killing helper T cells.

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