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HIV ''(Human Immunodeficiency Virus)'' is an infectious human [[retrovirus]] that causes [[Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome]] ''(AIDS)''. It is primarily a [[sexually transmitted disease]].  Currently, HIV/AIDS kills approximately 2-3 million people per year, primarily in developing countries.  Currently in the U.S., there are approximately 500,000 people infected with HIV.

HIV ''(Human Immunodeficiency Virus)'' is generally believed to be an infectious human [[retrovirus]] that causes [[Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome]] ''(AIDS)''. Supposedly it is primarily a [[sexually transmitted disease]].  According to official estimates, HIV/AIDS currently kills approximately 2-3 million people per year, primarily in developing countries, and there are approximately 1 million infected with HIV in the U.S.

 

It is not widely known that a sizeable number of scientists (who call themselves "re-thinkers") do not believe that HIV has been proven to be the cause of AIDS; see http://rethinkingaids.com.93.seekdotnet.com/, http://aras.ab.ca/index.php, and the AIDS wiki, http://www.reviewingaids.org/awiki/index.php/Main_Page

 

The following sections are based exclusively on the official view.

== Transmission ==

== Transmission ==