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|•||Subscribe to our Health-e-News| Early symptomatic HIV
infection Early symptomatic HIV infection is a stage of
infection with the human immunodeficiency virus when symptoms
are present but AIDS has not yet developed. AIDS-related complex
- ARC; Chronic symptomatic HIV infection Early symptomatic HIV
infection has signs and symptoms typical of HIV infection but
not full-blown AIDS. The onset of symptoms signals the
transition from asymptomatic HIV infection to HIV disease. At
this early stage of HIV infection, the person does not have
signs or symptoms of AIDS such as opportunistic infections,
certain cancers, or a CD4 count of less than 200. Risk factors
for HI