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Which statement best describes the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that has been shown to cause AIDS in humans?

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Over the time, HIV or human immunodeficiency is a lentivirus under the retrovirus subgroup has been causing HIV infections and AIDS or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in humans. This virus destroys the white blood cells or the CD4+ cells to be specific which is crucial in the human immune systems.

The person infected then is less equipped to fight infections or diseases which will then develop into AIDS.

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