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HIV |
the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) |
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AIDS |
a syndrome caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that renders immune cells ineffective, permitting opportunistic infections, malignancies, and neurologic diseases to develop; transmitted sexually or through contaminated blood |
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Virus |
ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts |
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Vaccine |
immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies |
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