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The main change from the ''Bangui definition'' is the addition of an HIV Test for HIV Antibody . If this test gives a positive result and one or more of the following conditions, the individual is considered to have AIDS.

  • > 10% body weight loss or cachexia, with Diarrhoea or Fever , or both, intermittant or constant for at least 1 month, not known to be due to a condition unrelated to HIV infection.

  • cryptococcal Meningitis

  • pulmonary or extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis

  • Kaposi's Sarcoma

  • neurological impairment that is sufficient to prevent independent daily activities, not known to be due to a condition unrelated to HIV infection (for example, trauma, or cerebrovascular accident).

  • Candiasis of the oesophagus (which may be presumptively diagnosed based on the presence of oral candiasis accompanied by dysphagia.

  • clinically diagnosed life-threatening or recurrent episodes of pneumonia, with or without etiological confirmation

  • invasive cervical cancer