human immunodeficiency virus
Either of the two species of retroviruses that infect cells in the human immune system…Either of the two species of retroviruses that infect cells in the human immune system and can potentially lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
» Kenyan authorities have begun a mass vaccination of girls against the human papilloma virus, HPV, which causes cervical cancer.
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1 sensesEither of the two species of retroviruses that infect cells in the human immune system and can potentially lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Humanes Immundefizienz-Virus
ви́рус иммунодефици́та челове́каvírus immunodeficíta čelovéka
the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells
Examples
1 sentencesKenyan authorities have begun a mass vaccination of girls against the human papilloma virus, HPV, which causes cervical cancer.
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Origin
The name was first proposed by a subcommittee of the International Committee on Taxonomy oThe name was first proposed by a subcommittee of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses on 1 May 1986 in the Nature journal (as human immunodeficiency virus, along with its initialism HIV), in an effort to establish an internationally acceptable name to replace “the multiplicity of names currently in use”. However, the term is first attested on 11 April 1986 in the Capital Gay newspaper (as human immune deficiency virus).
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Forms
plural: human immunodeficiency virusesSynonyms
8 synonyms- the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells:HIV
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