HIV
noun
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Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024
As of Monday, pharmacists can prescribe and dispense medicine that can prevent an HIV infection after exposure if taken within 72 hours.
—Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow, Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2024
He's worked with seven presidents and steered the U.S. response to countless crises from HIV to Ebola and, of course, COVID.
—ABC News, 30 June 2024
One patient ended up unconscious for 24 hours after taking what he was led to believe was his HIV medication but was actually an anti-psychotic drug, prosecutors say.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 June 2024
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HIV
nounNote: HIV retroviruses are transmitted through contact with blood, semen, rectal and vaginal fluids, or breast milk and typically cause flu-like symptoms during the acute phase of infection, but often cause few or no symptoms during the chronic phase of infection when treated with antiretroviral drugs.
called also AIDS virus, human immunodeficiency virus
compare hiv-1, hiv-2
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