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AIDS
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), suppresses the immune system
related to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A person
infected with HIV gradually loses immune function along with certain immune
cells called CD4 T-lymphocytes or CD4 T-cells, causing the infected perso ....
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.... scientists isolated what is now known as human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS.
Infection with HIV does not necessarily mean that a person has AIDS,
although people who are HIV-positive are often mistakenly said to have AIDS.
In fact, a person can remain HIV-positive for more than ten years without
developing any of the clinical illnesses that define and constitute a
diagnosis of AIDS. In 1996 an estimated 22.6 million people worldwide were
living with HIV or AIDS—21.8 million adults and 830,000 children. The World
Health Organization (WHO) estimates that between 1 ....
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