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HIV terminology

Date Posted : Saturday, 03 Dec 2011

HIV was first identified 30 years ago. We now know that the virus has been around much longer, but scientists didn't know this at the time.
Since HIV has been in our vocabulary, there have been major shifts and changes. The terms we use to describe all aspects of the virus have therefore changed, too. Here is a proposed list of terms to use, when we write about HIV today:

HIV terminology