HIV-1
noun
: a retrovirus (Lentivirus humimdef1) that is the most prevalent HIV worldwide and is more virulent than HIV-2
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Individuals must have a negative HIV-1 test prior to starting the treatment.
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Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025
Donors must be tested for HIV-1 and HIV-2, hepatitis B and C, syphilis and more to be eligible to donate their milk, according to Amy Trotter, community relations director.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
That is how the HIV-1 virus, once a death sentence in the U.S., has now become widely acknowledged in the medical community as a treatable, chronic condition with a life expectancy into the 70s.
—Gabrielle A. Perry, refinery29.com, 22 Dec. 2020
New insights into the evolutionary rate of HIV-1 at the within-host and epidemiological levels.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2012
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Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025
Donors must be tested for HIV-1 and HIV-2, hepatitis B and C, syphilis and more to be eligible to donate their milk, according to Amy Trotter, community relations director.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
That is how the HIV-1 virus, once a death sentence in the U.S., has now become widely acknowledged in the medical community as a treatable, chronic condition with a life expectancy into the 70s.
—Gabrielle A. Perry, refinery29.com, 22 Dec. 2020
New insights into the evolutionary rate of HIV-1 at the within-host and epidemiological levels.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2012
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HIV-1
noun
: a retrovirus (Lentivirus humimdef1) that is the most prevalent HIV worldwide and that is more virulent and has a shorter incubation period than HIV-2
called also LAV
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