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AIDS virus
noun[ S ]
medical specializeduk /ˈeɪdz ˌvaɪə.rəs/ us /ˈeɪdz ˌvaɪ.rəs/
the virus that causes AIDS (= a serious disease that destroys the body's ability to fight infections). Human immunodeficiency virus is now the preferred term:
Patients tested for the AIDS virus previously had to wait a week for their results.
Medications can reduce the level of the AIDS virus in the blood to zero, but HIV doesn't disappear and comes back if patients stop taking their pills.
Like the AIDS virus, the disease leaves the body less able to fight infections.
So far, a vaccine against the AIDS virus has been little more than a dream.
Research shows that people who start HIV treatment early can live as long as people who don't have the AIDS virus.
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Synonyms
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
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