HIV
noun
Note: HIV retroviruses are transmitted through contact with blood, semen, rectal and vaginal fluids, or breast milk and typically cause flu-like symptoms during the acute phase of infection, but often cause few or no symptoms during the chronic phase of infection when treated with antiretroviral drugs.
Robert R. Redfield et al.Richard Marlink et al.called also AIDS virus, human immunodeficiency virus
compare hiv-1, hiv-2Paul E. SaxExamples of HIV in a Sentence
Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 19 Jan. 2025
Drugs with hefty markups included imatinib, a generic drug (brand name Gleevec) used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia and lamivudine, prescribed to HIV patients (brand name Epivir).
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Better drugs to treat high blood pressure and HIV help account for the improvements for many Americans between 2000 to 2010.
—Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, ABC News, 18 Jan. 2025
The Trump administration broadened the policy to apply not just to grants for family planning but to billions of dollars in global health assistance given to groups that offer everything from malaria prevention to HIV treatment.
—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
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HIV
nounNote: HIV retroviruses are transmitted through contact with blood, semen, rectal and vaginal fluids, or breast milk and typically cause flu-like symptoms during the acute phase of infection, but often cause few or no symptoms during the chronic phase of infection when treated with antiretroviral drugs.
called also AIDS virus, human immunodeficiency virus
compare hiv-1, hiv-2
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