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HIV-2
med.
virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana del tipo-2
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HIV-2
abbr., med.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2
;
human immunodeficiency virus-2
med.
One of the two types of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. AIDS is the most advanced stage of HIV infection. HIV-2 infection is endemic to West Africa. Like HIV-1, HIV-2 is transmitted through direct contact with HIV-infected body fluids, such as blood, semen, and genital secretions, or from an HIV-infected mother to her child during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding
through breast milk
. HIV-2 infection generally takes longer to progress to symptomatic HIV/AIDS and has a lower mortality rate than HIV-1 infection.
see also
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
,
HIV-1
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