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    5. Aids is acquired through hiv, true or false
    Aids is acquired through hiv, true or false

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    +2  Views: 635 Answers: 3 Posted: 14 years ago
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      AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, a disease that makes it difficult for the body to fight off infectious diseases. The Human Immunodeficiency Virus known as HIV causes AIDS by infecting and damaging part of the body's defenses against infection.
      14 years ago. Rating: 6
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        HIV (human inmmunodeficiency virus) CAUSES AIDS (acquired immonodeficiency syndrome), so essentially, your statement is correct. However, people may be HIV-infected without showing symptoms yet.
        14 years ago. Rating: 5
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          HIV is another name for AIDS . It sounds nicer.
          14 years ago. Rating: 2
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            IamPamela313

            It's nothing nice about HIV/AIDS...the sound of the name and the name by itself.
            commented 14 years ago
            mycatsmom

            that's why they tried to make it sound better, by changing the name to something people could understand. And nowdays, people are living with aids, not dying.
            commented 14 years ago


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