The Human Immunodeficiency virus is the retrovirus that causes AIDS HIV belongs to the retrovirus subfamily lentivirus. Former names of the virus include Human T – cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV – III), Lymhadenopathy associated virus (LAV), AIDS associated retrovirus (ARV).
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