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How HIV Progresses to AIDS

Once a person has been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the progress of the disease is influenced by factors both within and outside of the patient’s control. An effective form of HIV treatment, called highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), was introduced in 1996 and forever changed HIV disease from an almost certainly fatal condition to a difficult but long-term chronic illness.

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