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I've had a few people ask what the difference between HIV and AIDS is. Now this is a very good question... because it isn't immediately obvious what it means.

HIV is the actual virus name.

AIDS is the end result of having HIV infection. In other words, the secondary infections (from having a depressed immune system) that make you sick and weaken is called AIDS.

Here is a website with more specific details.

HIV vs AIDS
 
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Thanks Sherasi- A very informative site. I hadn't realized there were two types of HIV. Also that's a terrible list of infections, etc.
 
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Thank you, Sherasi! Education is the best way that this horrible disease can be eliminated; there is so much misinformation about it. Some of my friends and I just did a bake sale to help kids that belong to a local organization here called F.A.C.E.(For Aids Childern Everywhere). Some people wouldn't touch/buy any of our bakery goods, because they were afraid that some one with AIDS had made it! Appreciate you posting this website.
 
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