AIDS-related virus

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AIDS-re·lat·ed vi·rus

obsolete term for human immunodeficiency virus.

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AIDS-related virus

(1) Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1).
(2) Human immunodeficiency virus-2 (HIV-2).

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AAV (disease) (illness) (infection) AIDS-associated retrovirus (disease) (illness) (infection) AIDS-associated virus (disease) (illness) (infection) AIDS-related virus (disease) (illness) (infection) AIDS virus (disease) (illness) (infection) ARV (disease) (illness) (infection) Human immunodeficiency virus (disease) (illness) (infection) Human immunovirus (disease) (illness) (infection) Human T-cell lymphotropic virus-III (disease) (illness) (infection) HTLV-III (disease) (infection) HTLV-III/LAV (disease) (illness) (infection) LAV (disease) (illness) (infection) LAV/HTLV-III (disease) (illness) (infection) Lymphadenopathy-associated virus (disease) (illness) (infection)

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection codes and new codes for Kaposi's sarcoma

According to Luc Montagnier of theInstitut Pasteur in Paris--who reported the first isolation of an AIDS-related virus (SN: 5/21/83, p.324)--at least two types of AIDS virus do exist.

AIDS researchers debate danger of HIV-2

While the Frederick work firms up the virus's position in the lentivirus family, it won't help in naming the virus, which is variously called HTLV-III, LAV (for lymphadenopathy-AIDS virus) or ARV (for AIDS-related virus).