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Hiv Summary
2,050 words, approx. 7 pages
HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, is the virus that causes AIDS, a debilitating and deadly disease of the human immune system. HIV is one of the world's most serious health problems: at the end of 2001, more than 40 million people worldwide...
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Hiv) Summary
1,149 words, approx. 4 pages
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) belongs to a family of viruses known as the "retroviruses". These viruses are known as RNA viruses because they have RNA as their basic genetic material instead of DNA. The retroviruses are unable to replicate...
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Hiv) Summary
1,057 words, approx. 4 pages
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) belongs to a class of viruses known as the retroviruses. These viruses are known as RNA viruses because they have RNA as their basic genetic material instead of DNA. The retroviruses are unable to replicate...
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Hiv Summary
178 words, approx. 1 pages
Retrovirus associated with AIDS. HIV attacks and gradually destroys the immune system, leaving the host unprotected against infection. It cannot be spread through casual contact but instead is contracted mainly through exposure to blood and blood...
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Hiv Or Human Immunodeficiency Virus Summary
17 words, approx. 0 pages
A ribonucleic acid (RNA) retro-virus responsible for the condition known as...
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Summary
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HIV Summary
11,090 words, approx. 37 pages
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...


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