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Princeton's WordNet

  1. HIVnoun

    infection by the human immunodeficiency virus

  2. human immunodeficiency virus, HIVnoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. HIVabbreviation

    HIV positive

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  1. HIV

    The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of Lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive. Without treatment, average survival time after infection with HIV is estimated to be 9 to 11 years, depending on the HIV subtype.In most cases, HIV is a sexually transmitted infection and occurs by contact with or transfer of blood, pre-ejaculate, semen, and vaginal fluids. Non-sexual transmission can occur from an infected mother to her infant during pregnancy, during childbirth by exposure to her blood or vaginal fluid, and through breast milk. Within these bodily fluids, HIV is present as both free virus particles and virus within infected immune cells. Research has shown (for both same-sex and opposite-sex couples) that HIV is untransmittable through condomless sexual intercourse if the HIV-positive partner has a consistently undetectable viral load.HIV infects vital cells in the human immune system, such as helper T cells (specifically CD4+ T cells), macrophages, and dendritic cells. HIV infection leads to low levels of CD4+ T cells through a number of mechanisms, including pyroptosis of abortively infected T cells, apoptosis of uninfected bystander cells, direct viral killing of infected cells, and killing of infected CD4+ T cells by CD8+ cytotoxic lymphocytes that recognize infected cells. When CD4+ T cell numbers decline below a critical level, cell-mediated immunity is lost, and the body becomes progressively more susceptible to opportunistic infections, leading to the development of AIDS.

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  1. hiv

    HIV, which stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, is a type of virus that attacks the body's immune system, specifically the CD4 cells, which help the immune system fight off infections. If left untreated, HIV can eventually lead to AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), which is a condition where the immune system is so severely damaged that the body isn't able to effectively combat diseases and infections. HIV is primarily transmitted through sexual activities, sharing of needles for drug use, or from mother to child during childbirth or breastfeeding. Currently, there is no cure for HIV, but with proper medical care, HIV can be controlled and those affected can lead a normal lives.

Wikidata

  1. HIV

    Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive. Infection with HIV occurs by the transfer of blood, semen, vaginal fluid, pre-ejaculate, or breast milk. Within these bodily fluids, HIV is present as both free virus particles and virus within infected immune cells. HIV infects vital cells in the human immune system such as helper T cells, macrophages, and dendritic cells. HIV infection leads to low levels of CD4+ T cells through a number of mechanisms including: apoptosis of uninfected bystander cells, direct viral killing of infected cells, and killing of infected CD4+ T cells by CD8 cytotoxic lymphocytes that recognize infected cells. When CD4+ T cell numbers decline below a critical level, cell-mediated immunity is lost, and the body becomes progressively more susceptible to opportunistic infections.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. HIV

    Human immunodeficiency virus. A non-taxonomic and historical term referring to any of two species, specifically HIV-1 and/or HIV-2. Prior to 1986, this was called human T-lymphotropic virus type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus (HTLV-III/LAV). From 1986-1990, it was an official species called HIV. Since 1991, HIV was no longer considered an official species name; the two species were designated HIV-1 and HIV-2.

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  1. HIV

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hiv in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hiv in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of hiv in a Sentence

  1. Kelsey Louie:

    The United States government has to stop reacting to HIV like it is the early 1980s.

  2. Claudia Jaqueline Sandoval:

    I have been HIV positive for 16 years, it has been two years since I heard from my son.

  3. Edward Machtinger:

    Complex trauma is what led many of my patients to get HIV in first place and gets them to remain depressed, stay addicted and have trouble adhering to their meds, medicine and HIV primary care has not considered these health issues to be in their domain and their responsibility. I've heard many clinicians brag about having patients on crack be undetectable in their viral load, as if HIV was going to kill them in the first place. It's not. Crack is going to kill them.

  4. Alex Azar:

    When I was there I actually signed a letter of intent with minister of health Juan Pablo Uribe for the United States to be providing HIV antiretrovirals to Colombia for the use with Venezuelan refugees.

  5. John Ayers:

    It turns out that actually because of our study, we got to see those things happen. When we published our study, a few weeks later, Charlie Sheen began speaking out about HIV prevention, particularly condoms, and he cited our study as one of the reasons for doing that, we also saw several leading organizations in HIV prevention begin to use Charlie Sheen's disclosure as a way to promote HIV prevention.

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