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Originally posted by cj@Jan 24 2003, 10:31 AM
so basically a successful treatment is anything that prevents those 25 diseases from forming in the body for as long as possible?
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Yeah. Don't get pneumonia, don't get cancer, don't get tuberculosis.
The issue is further complicated by the fact that the diseases that are combined with HIV in the definition are expanded from time to time causing the number of AIDS cases to jump. For example, in 1992 the definition was expanded to include TB, pneumonia, and cervical cancer.
This doesn't change the fact that you don't want HIV and tuberculosis together. It's just kinda silly to say A causes B when B is defined by A.