Clinical definition of AIDS according to the Bangui criteria12
| Major criteria: |
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| • Loss of more than 10% of body weight |
| • Diarrhoea for more than 1 month |
| • Permanent or discontinue fever for more than 1 month |
| Minor criteria: |
| • Cough for more than 1 month |
| • Generalised pruriginous dermatitis |
| • Relapsing herpes zoster ophthalmicus |
| • Oropharyngal candidiasis |
| • Generalised or chronic herpes |
| • Generalised lymphadenopathy |
| AIDS = presence, in patients without cancer or malnutrition, of: |
| • at least two major criteria and one minor criterion |
| • and/or aggressive Kaposi’s sarcoma |
| • and/or proved cryptococcal meningitis |