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This question is difficult to answer universally because every one is different. HIV is considered a lentivirus which means that it is slow-acting. The implications are that it will take some time before the immune system is so weakened that a person becomes truly ill.

From what we have seen, without treatment, a person with HIV will progress to AIDS in about 10 years, if not less. We see people in Africa progressing to AIDS much faster than patients in the United States and elsewhere.

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