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 This one's pretty easy: Acute phase HIV disease usually refers to that period of time prior to seroconversion (or HIV+ antibody tests). Other synonyms for acute phase are acute retroviral syndrome or primary HIV infection (PHI). Chronic phase is everything else-- when the antibody tests are fully positive-- BY | ||||||||
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