Although they are often mixed up these two words have different meanings. ‘HIV’ is the name of a virus, whereas ‘AIDS’ is a name for a collection of illnesses caused by this virus
What is HIV?
HIV stands for ‘Human Immuno-deficiency Virus’.
‘Immun...
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