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...
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...
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...
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...
