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May 17, 2000
Dr. Yuexia Li: Is there prevention, or just treatment?
HIV is human immunodeficiency virus, the organism that causes AIDS. HIV is found in body fluids (particularly blood, semen, vaginal secretions, and breast milk) of persons infected with the virus. A person can be infected with HIV and not know it. It is currently believed that most people infected with HIV will develop AIDS. However, they can be infected with HIV for many years (often more than 10 years) before they develop AIDS......
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