How to Use human immunodeficiency virus in a Sentence

human immunodeficiency virus

noun
  • In the case of the human Immunodeficiency virus, that host cell is a T cell.
    — Charles Graeber, WIRED, 25 July 2019
  • The human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, is a virus that targets the body’s immune system.
    — Everyday Einstein Sabrina Stierwalt, Scientific American, 25 July 2019
  • The findings suggest that a two-dose regimen of the vaccine given eight weeks apart can elicit immune responses against the human immunodeficiency virus.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Sometimes, it is referred to as a distant cousin of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1, HIV-1.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 10 May 2018
  • He is also credited with taking the first images of the human immunodeficiency virus and the SARS virus.
    — Liz Ronk, Time, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Part of the vaccine was made from the human immunodeficiency virus, and some trial participants got false positives in HIV tests.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The new questions are designed to reduce the risk of transmission of HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, through blood donation.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 11 May 2023
  • The human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, attacks the body’s immune system.
    — David McKenzie, CNN, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Key Background Researchers have studied possible cures and prevention for the spread of human immunodeficiency virus, a virus that attacks the body’s immune system.
    — Ty Roush, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS can't be cured, but can be kept in check for decades with cocktails of highly effective antiviral medicines.
    — NBC News, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The pilot program offers free, clean, unused needles and syringes to intravenous drug users as a way to prevent the transmission of hepatitis B and C as well as human immunodeficiency virus.
    — Christine Sexton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Some conditions, such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and blood cancers, may also exaggerate your body's response.
    — Emily Shiffer, Health, 7 Mar. 2023
  • States that adopt a formulary for prescription drugs would still have to ensure enrollees are able to get the same medications for human immunodeficiency virus and mental health conditions such as depression, according to the guidance.
    — Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020
  • These range from relatively mild infections like the common cold or strep throat to major illnesses like pneumonia or even human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
    — Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Some mothers are unable to breastfeed for medical reasons, such as being infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, or not producing enough milk.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 9 May 2018
  • There’s an abundance of evidence linking infection with the human immunodeficiency virus with AIDS.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • There is no cure for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), the life-long viral infection that attacks the body's immune system and can have significant health consequences.
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 12 June 2019
  • For the first time, a person living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has received a lung transplant from a donor who was also HIV-positive.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
  • But now, the majority of HIV-positive people are over the age of 50 — and one focus of Frank’s work is how to best care for people aging with human immunodeficiency virus.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The 6-year-old drug is more than 95 percent effective in preventing the contraction of human immunodeficiency virus, which can cause AIDS.
    — Terry Spencer, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • That ban was enacted in 1983, early in the AIDS epidemic when little was known about the human immunodeficiency virus that caused the disease.
    — New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Additionally, the new questions are designed to reduce the risk of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through blood donation.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 May 2023
  • Over decades, researchers have tried chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine against a bunch of viruses, including the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Forty years ago, as the world struggled with the untamed global epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the commentary went in the exact opposite direction.
    — Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Duesberg kept making his argument well after evidence that the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, causes AIDS became incontestable.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
  • In May 2003, a severe illness Dunn thought was Parkinson’s disease turned out to be HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that attacks the immune system and can lead to AIDS.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The man received a bone marrow donation from his brother, who has a rare genetic mutation called CCR5Δ32 that confers resistance to HIV-1, the most common type of human immunodeficiency virus.
    — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2026
  • According to a White House fact sheet, the drugs that will be covered include treatments for chronic conditions, including type two diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hepatitis B and C, human immunodeficiency virus and certain cancers.
    — Ibrahim Aksoy, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Instead of carrying the human immunodeficiency virus, this version carries the ADA gene that people with ADA-SCID are missing, reinserting the gene into the stem cell DNA.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025

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