human immunodeficiency virus
Britishnoun
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The growth was driven by strong sales of products for treatment of HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, which rose 10% to $5 billion, as well as the drugs Trodelvy and Livdelzi.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
HIV is human immunodeficiency virus, which damages the cells in your immune system and weakens your ability to fight everyday infections and diseases.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2023
The legal dispute centered on who devised the idea of using a Gilead medication for people at high risk of contracting H.I.V., or the human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS.
From New York Times • May 9, 2023
Researchers later determined it was caused by HIV — human immunodeficiency virus — which weakens a person’s immune system by destroying cells that fight disease and infection.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2022
Researchers would come to see Rayford as the country’s first known death from a strain of the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
From Washington Post • May 15, 2019
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