There were plenty of viruses known before hiv. cold virus, flu virus, herpes virus, polio virus, hepatitis virus to name a few.
Although HIV is believed to have evolved from a similar virus in monkeys it is not the same in monkeys, this variant is known as SIV (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus)
HIV- Human Immunodeficiency Virus *HIV is not a pathogenic organism, but a virus. To be an organism it must be able to replicate on its own, which it cannot. It needs a host to do so.
No. In order to have the disease known as AIDS (which is not a virus itself, but a syndrome), a person needs to be infected by the HIV virus. It is the HIV virus that causes AIDS.
HIV is a virus.
HIV is a virus,as its full form is human immuno virus.
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. Hence, HIV in the virus and AIDS is the disease that results from the virus.
HIV, also known as AIDS.
It mutates very readily
Human Immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, is a lentivirus that causes progressive failure of the immune system and creates the opportunity for life-threatening infections and cancers to live and thrive in the body.
aids is an hiv: human immunodeficiency virus. and hiv is an std.
AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is a diagnosis. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the virus that causes someone to develop the condition known as AIDS. HIV is not curable. Once someone is infected with the virus and tests HIV+, the infection can be treated, but not cured.