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HIV Will We Ever beat the Virus?
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HIV Will We Ever beat the Virus? HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus which in reality means something than only effects humans, that causes the immune system to not work properly due to the organism(virus) taking over human cells. HIV is part of a group of viruses named retroviruses which have genetic material in the form of RNA. Viruses other than HIV in this group have been found in various numbers of animals. It is understood that the HIV virus has descended from the virus found in monkeys- Simian Immunodeficiency Virus. There are two types of HIV that are currently recognised which are: HIV1 HIV2, both types of HIV are transmitted either by sexual contact, sharing needles, contaminated blood or from mother to baby via the placenta. Within the HIV1 virus there are many sub-groups, they are known as genetic cousins of each other. HIV1 is highly variable and it...
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