Microsoft word - hiv-aids.doc
HIV and AIDS By Joanne Jansen PharmD and Anjanette Dymerski PharmD Understanding the Virus The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the virus that causes AIDS. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the disease caused when a person’s immune system becomes too weak to fight off the virus. A person can have HIV without having AIDS but cannot have AIDS without having HIV.