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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.
AIDS, and HIV, are acronyms. AIDS stands for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. People who have AIDS have an increased susceptibility to life-threatening infections, cancers, and neurological disorders. HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, causes AIDS. HIV can be transmitted through blood transfusion, sex, contaminated hypodermic needles, childbirth, and breastfeeding. HIV destroys the important cells in the human body that fight disease and infection.