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
• He is also credited with taking the first images of the human immunodeficiency virus and the SARS virus.
  — Liz Ronk, Time, 22 Dec. 2017
• 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
• Sometimes, it is referred to as a distant cousin of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1, HIV-1.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 10 May 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
• 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 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 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 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
• 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
• 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
• The human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, attacks the body’s immune system.
  — David McKenzie, CNN, 11 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Researchers have studied many of these pathogens (human immunodeficiency virus, for example).
  — Mallory Locklear, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2018
• Researchers later determined it was caused by HIV — human immunodeficiency virus — which weakens a person’s immune system by destroying cells that fight disease and infection.
  — Mike Stobbe, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2022
• As one more dramatic example, thanks to remarkable advances in antiretroviral drugs, most Americans with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can now look forward to an almost normal life span.
  — Dr. Francis S. Collins, Time, 24 Oct. 2019
• Patients with weak immune systems, such as cancer patients on chemotherapy or patients with human immunodeficiency virus, are also at high risk of candida infection.
  — The Conversation, Fortune Well, 6 Apr. 2023
• That mysterious illness -- now known as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) -- shaped the careers of a generation of scientists and doctors, and revolutionized a new era of activism and social justice reform.
  — Dr. Divya Chhabra and Sony Salzman, ABC News, 5 June 2021
• In recent decades, antiretroviral therapy has helped transform the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from a near-certain death sentence into a chronic, manageable disease.
  — Lisa Rapaport, Washington Post, 11 June 2019
• The human immunodeficiency virus attacks the body's immune system and can lead to AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
  — Jeannie Roberts, Arkansas Online, 11 Dec. 2020
• These precautions—masks and gloves during procedures, advanced air filtration, and sanitation—are credited with preventing the spread of human immunodeficiency virus, a blood-borne pathogen, through dental procedures.
  — Fortune, 27 Oct. 2020
• The global fight against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) offered important — yet largely unheeded — lessons for anticipating and addressing the behavioral and social dimensions of the Covid-19 pandemic.
  — Judith D. Auerbach and Andrew D. Forsyth, STAT, 10 Mar. 2022
• This is a monoclonal antibody investigational drug also known as PRO 140, a potential treatment for human immunodeficiency virus.
  — Charley Grant, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2022
• Those conditions include arthritis; asthma; chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases; Type 2 diabetes; human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome; and obesity.
  — Christine Sexton, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 9 Aug 2024