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Recent Examples on the Web Researchers later determined it was caused by HIV — human immunodeficiency virus — which weakens a person’s immune system by destroying cells that fight disease and infection. — Mike Stobbe, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2022 The global fight against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) offered important — yet largely unheeded — lessons for anticipating and addressing the behavioral and social dimensions of the Covid-19 pandemic. — Judith D. Auerbach And Andrew D. Forsyth, STAT, 10 Mar. 2022 In 1986, the virus that causes AIDS, known by Americans as H.T.L.V.-III and the French as L.A.V., was officially given one name, H.I.V., for human immunodeficiency virus. — New York Times, 10 Feb. 2022 Separately, researchers at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute have been working to develop a universal vaccine against HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 27 Jan. 2022 Nearly 38 million people worldwide -- including about 1.3 million in the U.S -- are living with HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, which can lead to the potentially fatal disease AIDS. — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2022 If untreated, the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV can progress to AIDS. — Jen Christensen, CNN, 8 Dec. 2021 Forty years ago, as the world struggled with the untamed global epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the commentary went in the exact opposite direction. — Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 2 Nov. 2021 The article alleges that the vaccine may have been contaminated with a monkey virus and is the cause of the human immunodeficiency virus, later known as HIV/AIDS. — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 6 June 2021 See More

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“Human immunodeficiency virus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20immunodeficiency%20virus. Accessed 28 Jun. 2022.

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