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   HIV
   Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attacks the body's immune system, making it hard to fight off infections. There is no vaccine or cure for HIV. The government published its strategy for tackling the rising incidence of HIV in England in July 2001.
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   HIV
   Human Immune Deficiency Virus
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   HIV
   Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
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   HIV
   Human Immunodeficiency Virus. This is the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
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   HIV
   Human immunodeficiency virus, the causative agent of AIDS.
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   HIV
   see Human immunodeficiency virus
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   Hiv
   Human immunodeficiency virus, the retrovirus that is at least partially responsible for AIDS.
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   HIV
   HIV: Acronym for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, the cause of AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). HIV has also been called the human lymphotropic virus type III, the lymphadenopathy-associated virus and the lymphadenopathy virus. No matter what name is applied, it is a retrovirus. (A retrovirus has an RNA genome and a reverse transcriptase ...
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   HIV
   (= human immunodeficiency virus) Previously known as HTLV-III, human lymphotrophic virus type III, and also referred to as LAV, lymphadenopathy-associated virus; the retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in humans, by killing CD4+ -lymphocytes (T-helper cells). There are multiple forms of the virus.
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    HIV
    Synonym for human immunodeficiency virus ... <virology> A type of retrovirus (human immunodeficiency virus) that is responsible for the fatal illness acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Two strains have been identified. ... Type 1: the retrovirus recognised as the agent that induces AIDS. ... Type 2: a virus closely related to HIV-1 that also le ...
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    HIV
    `Human immunodeficiency virus` (`HIV`) is a retrovirus that can lead to `acquired immunodeficiency syndrome` (AIDS), a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. Previous names for the virus include `human T-lymphotropic virus-III` (`HTLV-III`), `lymphadenopathy-associated virus` (`LAV`), and `AIDS-associated retrovirus` (`ARV`). Infection with HIV occurs by the transfer o...
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    HIV
    human immunodeficiency virus. HIV-positive having a positive reaction on a test for the human immunodeficiency virus; used to indicate that an individual has been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus but does not yet have AIDS. Persons who are HIV-positive require sensitive cou...
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    HIV
    Abbreviation for human immunodeficiency virus.
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    HIV
    A retrovirus that attacks helper T cells of the immune system and causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The disease is transmitted through sexual intercourse, contact with infected blood and bodily fluid, childbirth if the mother is infected and contaminated drug needles. Synonym(s): Human Immunodeficiency Virus Narrower term(s): AIDS...
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    HIV
    HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. HIV-2, seen more often in western Africa...
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