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'''HIV''' is an acronym that stands for ''human immunodeficiency virus''. It also is considered to be an ''initalism''.
HIV is a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Persons who are infected with HIV frequently exhibit ''autoimmune deficiency syndrome'', better known by its own acronym ''[[AIDS]]''.
HIV was identified in 1981. It is thought to have originated in Africa.
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