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Short for Human Immunodefeciency Virus. An STD that is contracted through sexual intercourse (especially anal and sex without a condom), exchanging of bodily fluids, or, in the case of the especially unfortunate, by birth. HIV can progress into the disease known as AIDS where the immune system is gradually weakened until the point where an ordinary cold can kill you, though this usually takes years. Symptoms of HIV include nausea and high fever, cramps and joint pain, diarrhoea, and rapid weight loss. It is widely accepted that HIV originated somewhere in Sub-saharan Africa though the exact means that it was created remain mostly unknown. In the US, young gay and bisexual black men are more likely to catch the disease than any other demographic.
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