A- acquiredH- human I- immune I- immunodeficiency D- deficiencyV- virus S- syndrome What is HIV/AIDS? AIDS is an acronym for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. This is a disease caused by HIV, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus. This virus attacks the immune system, the body's line of defense against diseases and infections. When the immune system breaks down, one becomes susceptible to serious, often deadly infections and cancers called opportunistic diseases, so named because they take …showed first 75 words of 1979 total…

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