HIV and AIDS

[Thera Mulvania]

In article <199606132228.RAA54746 at audumla.students.wisc.edu>,
afwagner at STUDENTS.WISC.EDU (Andrew Wagner) wrote:

> >Kevin Simcox (simcox.3 at osu.edu) wrote:
> >> Does anyone happen to know of a reference which describes experimental 
> >> data demonstrating that the HIV virus causes the AIDS disease complex?
> >
> HIV does NOT "CAUSE" the AIDS disease complex.  HIV kills off the T-cells
> that enables the body to fight off infections and the like.  HIV does
> nothing except kills our immune system.  Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is
> caused by Pneumocystis, not HIV.
> 
> Andy
> 
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AIDS= Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome 
Acquired by infection with HIV resulting in immunodeficiency
Doing nothing but killing off the immune system sounds like AIDS to me

TMM