HIV
noun
Note: HIV retroviruses are transmitted through contact with blood, semen, rectal and vaginal fluids, or breast milk and typically cause flu-like symptoms during the acute phase of infection, but often cause few or no symptoms during the chronic phase of infection when treated with antiretroviral drugs.
Robert R. Redfield et al.Richard Marlink et al.called also AIDS virus, human immunodeficiency virus
compare hiv-1, hiv-2Paul E. SaxExamples of HIV in a Sentence
Arkansas Online, 31 May 2025
Researchers estimate that without U.S. global health programs, an additional 1 million children will be infected with HIV over the next five years, with 500,000 dying from AIDS and 2.8 million becoming orphaned.
—Tima Bansal, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Burton warned that their HIV vaccine research could not simply be turned back on, even if a future administration decided to change course on HIV funding.
—Melissa Gaffney, CBS News, 30 May 2025
During the early years of the AIDS epidemic in the 1990s, when over 10% of the male population in Lima was infected by HIV, members of this community sought the protection of La Virgen de la Puerta for their physical health.
—Caitlin Cipolla-McCulloch, The Conversation, 29 May 2025
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HIV
nounNote: HIV retroviruses are transmitted through contact with blood, semen, rectal and vaginal fluids, or breast milk and typically cause flu-like symptoms during the acute phase of infection, but often cause few or no symptoms during the chronic phase of infection when treated with antiretroviral drugs.
called also AIDS virus, human immunodeficiency virus
compare hiv-1, hiv-2
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