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 Is there a difference between HIV and AIDS? View Question: www.aidsvu.org

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HIV is the virus that infects the body and AIDS is the most advanced stage of HIV infection. So, not everyone who has HIV has AIDS, but, everyone who has AIDS is infected with HIV. How quickly someone with HIV advances to AIDS depends on many different factors. One important factor is how soon after HIV infection a person is diagnosed and gets into care. Also, just like any other health problem, d...
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