Multiple Choice
The nurse is preparing an educational facts sheet on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) for older adults.What information does the nurse include? (Select all that apply. )
A) Tainted blood transfusions are the greatest risk factor in older adults.
B) Delayed recognition of HIV contributes to its poor prognosis.
C) Twenty-five percent of AIDS cases in the United States are in persons older than 60.
D) There is a short interval from HIV infection to AIDS in older adults.
E) HIV and AIDS cases in this age cohort have stabilized since the late 1990s.
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