human immunodeficiency virus
Britishnoun
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HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, spreads through unprotected sex, unsafe medical practices, infected blood transfusions, or from mother to child during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025
Moderna also is developing potential vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2023
Folts tweeted that Fishtopher has feline immunodeficiency virus, or FIV, which weakens cats’ immune systems and is similar to the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV.
From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022
It can take three months after exposure for the bloodstream to accumulate enough antibodies to test positive for human immunodeficiency virus, or H.I.V.
From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2022
A large percentage of South Africans carry the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2021
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