Definition of "human immunodeficiency virus" [human immunodeficiency virus]

• HIV. (noun)

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• "Neutralizing antibody responses drive the evolution of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 envelope during recent HIV infection."
• "Thermodynamic dissection of a low affinity protein-protein interface involved in human immunodeficiency virus assembly."