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Finally, with further decreases in the levels of CD4 cells, the person develops AIDS. According to the CDC, for an HIV-infected person, some signs that AIDS has developed (known as AIDS-defining conditions) are: The CD4 cell count has decreased to fewer than 200 cells per cubic milliliter of blood.
AIDS is the final stage of the HIV infection. There are a few factors that determine when a personâs diagnosis has crossed from HIV latency to AIDS. Because HIV destroys immune cells called CD4 cells, one part of the AIDS diagnosis contains a count of those cells.