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Define latency related to HIV

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

when HIV attacks the body the person can carry on as normal - latency is the delay between when you contract the disease and when it starts to transform into AIDS that's why its called HIV/Aids because one leads to the other. And the latency period between the two can be 5 years or so. That's why the Virus is so dangerous and deadly because you can have it and not be aware for a loooong time and infect other people without you or them even knowing about it! Nasty...

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14y ago

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