hiv

[hiv]

Infection by the human immunideficiency virus

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Noun
the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells

Noun
infection by the human immunideficiency virus


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Usage Examples

Housing Works is the coolest thrift store in the world, because not only are they the best thrift store - they're not the most thrifty thrift store - but they have amazing stuff and all of their proceeds go directly to kids, mostly homeless kids, living with AIDS and HIV in New York, in the metropolitan area.

Being in the design industry, I've tended to meet more people who are affected by HIV and AIDS.

I tell you, it's funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.

The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied.

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Other Usage Examples

One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations.

I did this role in Life Goes On as an HIV positive character and so emotionally that was the most challenging.

When a person tests positive for HIV, it is not a test for the virus itself but for antibodies to the virus, and the test is not able to distinguish between HIV antibodies and a multitude of other antibodies. Many conditions can lead to a false positive result, including flu shots, hepatitis, and pregnancy.

Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He's not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.

I can't understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still haven't really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa - 60 percent of people in - infected with HIV are women.

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