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How is HIV different from AIDS?

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Aids stands for Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome. HIV is the name of the virus that attacks the immune system to the point where the body is wide open for other illnesses. Strictly speaking AIDS doesn't kill anyone, death is caused by any of the other infections that can have their merry way once the immune system has broken down. You can carry the HIV virus for quite some years now(with the help of medicines) before it overwhelms your immune system to the point where you develop the AIDS syndrome.

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