no it doesn't follow any of the criteria or postulates that define an infectious disease.
Pathogen is the agent or the culprit that causes a disease while the disease is the end result of what a pathogen did. Example: HIV virus is the pathogen while AIDS is the disease state that can result from high HIV viral load.
HIV- Human Immunodeficiency Virus *HIV is not a pathogenic organism, but a virus. To be an organism it must be able to replicate on its own, which it cannot. It needs a host to do so.
Pathogen is the agent or the culprit that causes a disease while the disease is the end result of what a pathogen did. Example: HIV virus is the pathogen while AIDS is the disease state that can result from high HIV viral load.
The HIV virus.
AIDS is a syndrome. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.
Yes. The pathogen that causes AIDS is a virus called HIV.
AIDS is caused by the HIV virus, which attacks disease-fighting cells.
SARS is not a pathogen, it is an syndrome similar to AIDS. It is caused by a virus called coronavirus, but it is the mutated strain.
The HIV virus.
AIDS is caused by a virus called HIV- Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
Aids is an autoimmune disease caused by HIV (virus).
HIV is the virus. AIDS is the disease caused by the virus. (So HIV is not actually a disease per se.) As an analogue - the H1N1 virus can cause the flu.