Paul was diagnosed HIV positive about 10 years ago but decided not to pursue treatment or medication. Now, he is starting to experience chills, fevers,
swollen lymph glands, weakness, and severe weight loss. Which of the following may be true for Paul?
His viral load has increased significantly, and at this time, he is highly infectious,
O He is too far past the point of initial infection to infect anyone else, but his health is at risk.
O He may be entering the clinical latency stage of an HIV infection, when symptoms begin to emerge.
O His options for any kind of treatment are few at this point; too much time has passed.
