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Definition
human immunodeficiency virus: the virus that causes AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells
- Someone without HIV would have a normal T cell count of a thousand cells or more, but the virus becomes part of these white blood cells.
- An autoimmune disease specialist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, he also served as the doctor for HIV/AIDS patients at the state prison and knew all about Lucius and his recovery.
- HIV causes cognitive impairment—a permanent loss of memory and concentration.
There are no more uses of "HIV" in Change of Heart by Picoult.
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