Aetiology
It is now almost universally accepted that AIDS is a consequence of infection with human immunodeficiency virus, HIV (1).
Two different types of viruses are responsible
- type 1 (HIV 1) – causes the majority of infections globally
- type 2 (HIV 2) – rare outside of west Africa (2)
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