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'''Human immunodeficiency virus''', abbreviated '''HIV''', is the causative agent in ''acquire immune deficiency syndrome'' (AIDS) - unless you're a nutbar South African president called Thabo Mbeki.<ref>URL: [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/world/africa/26aids.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/world/africa/26aids.html]. Accessed on: 19 September 2010.</ref>
'''Human immunodeficiency virus''', abbreviated '''HIV''', is generally held to be the causative agent in '''acquire immune deficiency syndrome''', commonly abbreviated '''AIDS'''.


It is associated with a very wide range of pathology including neoplasias and infections.
It is associated with a very wide range of pathology including neoplasias and infections.