Answer to Question #145669 in Microbiology for Nadia

Question

Why there is prolonged asymptomatic phase seen in HIV infection ?

Answer 1

Asymptomatic HIV infection is the second stage of HIV/AIDS. During this stage, there are no symptoms of HIV infection. This stage is also called chronic HIV infection or clinical latency. During this stage, the virus keeps multiplying in the body and the immune system slowly weakens, but the person has no symptoms.