Glossary for Isosporiasis

• AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections: A term given to HIV patients who have a low CD4 count (below 200) which means that they have low levels of a type of immune cell called T-cells. AIDS patients tend to develop opportunistic infections and cancers. Opportunistic infections are infections that would not normally affect a person with a healthy immune system. The HIV virus is a virus that attacks the body's immune system.
• Abdominal pain: A condition which is characterized by the sensation of pain that is located in the abdomen
• Cholera: An acute bacterial disease transmitted through food or water contaminated with human faeces. The intestinal infection is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
• Colitis: Inflammation of the colon
• Diarrhea: Loose or watery stool.
• Eosinophilia: This is when there is an abnormal increase in the eosinophils in the blood
• Fever: Elevation of the body temperature above the normal 37 degrees celsius
• Giardia: Contagious parasitic digestive infection
• Malabsorption: Failure to digest nutrients properly
• Viral gastroenteritis: Virus causing gastroenteritis of digestive tract.
• Weight loss: Loss of body weight.

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