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HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (say: ih-myoo-nuh-dih-fih-shun-see). AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. HIV is actually the virus that causes the disease AIDS. To understand AIDS formation process, we need to know what an Immune System is (say: ih-myoon). Every person has body protective system.
Many people (not just kids, but adults, too) don't understand how HIV and AIDS are related, even though they hear these two words used together all the time. HIV stands for human immunodeficiency (say: im-yuh-noh-di-fish-un-see) virus. AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. HIV is actually the virus that causes the disease AIDS. People who are HIV positive have been tested and found to have signs of the human immunodeficiency virus in their blood.