A Persistent Fever

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Across
  1. 3. first drug approved by the FDA to treat HIV
  2. 4. condition in which red blood cell count is low
  3. 7. most common cause of (brief) fever
  4. 11. when blood tests show that a person has been infected based on the presence of specific antibodies against that infection
  5. 14. Typical acute period after initial human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
  6. 15. typical (average) length of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) latency period
  7. 17. common initial misdiagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
Down
  1. 1. type of blood cell involved in clotting
  2. 2. patient’s chronological account of symptoms related to CC
  3. 4. #1 cause of death for 25-44 y.o. Americans in 1995
  4. 5. #1 cause of death for 25-44 y.o. Americans in 2019
  5. 6. type of white blood cell often destroyed by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
  6. 8. location of initial (1971) North American cases of virus later known as HIV
  7. 9. white cell count, by subtype
  8. 10. suspected original (1959) location of virus later known as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
  9. 12. clicking, rattling, or crackling noises made during inhalation due to fluid in the small airways of the lungs (usually heard only with a stethoscope)
  10. 13. small infectious agent that does not contain its own cells or organelles
  11. 16. series of questions driven by the MD, usually organized by organ system