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What's the difference between hiv and aids?
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HIV versus AIDS: They are essentially the same. Hiv is the name of the virus and the illness. Human immunodeficiency virus causes the infection that attacks one's immune cells. The death of these cells, if untreated, lead to a weakening of one's defense against infection. If that weakness puts the patient at risk for death from these infections they then have aids.
Answered 4/21/2013
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