HIV stands for:
Correct answer: A. Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- A. Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- B. Human Internal Virus
- C. High Impact Virus
- D. Human Immunogenic Vaccine
Explanation
HIV is the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, the retrovirus that destroys helper T cells and, untreated, leads to AIDS. The other expansions are invented: the virus is named for the immune deficiency it causes, not for being internal or high impact, and it is a virus rather than a vaccine.
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