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HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Quick Fire Science, from the Naked Scientists by Dr Chris Smith

Sep 3, 201900:01:25Science & Medicine

Worldwide, nearly 40 million people are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Here's the Quick Fire Science, with Phil Sansom... HIV is the human immunodeficiency virus, and around one in 650 people have it in t...

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