The symptoms of HIV vary depending on the stage of the infection: - Acute HIV Infection: Flu-like symptoms such as fever, sore throat, and fatigue. - Clinical Latency: Often asymptomatic, but the virus is still active and replicating at low levels. - AIDS: Rapid weight loss, recurring fever, prolonged swelling of the lymph glands, and opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis and pneumocystis pneumonia.