Sentences with phrase «called human immunodeficiency virus»

Last century, a virus called human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) emerged, and it found a weak spot in our immune system's armor.

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Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, called the new work a «significant advance,» noting in a statement that it «opens the way to producing [monoclonal antibodies] that potentially could be used diagnostically or therapeutically» for the flu as well as other infectious diseases such as hepatitis C and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which can lead to full - blown AIDS.