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Human Immunodeficiency Virus: The debate, the facts, and the
history since the 1980s
Casey Jordan Elison
Treasure Valley Community College

Abstract:

The exact origin of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has been a debate and controversial topic since it was first recognized in the 1980's. We have discovered what viruses are, their anatomy, how they affect hosts, and how they replicate, yet many viruses have continued to baffle us. A virus may or may not be living. The debate on this topic though, has remained alive and well. HIV is a virus as determined by its structure and specified in its name, but HIV is indeed very much a separate viral entity of which we have learned more about regularly. As of current, we have defined what HIV is, what it looks like, and the various types, groups, and sub-types. Beyond the structure of the virus and its biology, we have come to know the primary host cells, how it replicates, how it is spread, and what we, as the primary hosts, have......

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