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PRIMARY INFECTION [1 record]

Record 1 2008-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
DEF

The initial introduction of an infectious organism into the body.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
DEF

Envahissement, pour la première fois, de l'organisme par un agent infectieux.

OBS

Primo infection : Ce terme s'employait surtout pour la primo-infection tuberculeuse. Aujourd'hui, il désigne souvent la période d'invasion de l'organisme par le VIH accompagnée de l'apparition progressive des anticorps (séroconversion).

PHR

primo-infection par le VIH.

Key term(s)
  • primo infection

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas
DEF

[Primera] infección que se produce por un agente patógeno una vez pasado el período de incubación.

PHR

Síndrome de primoinfección.

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