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Human Immunodeficiency Virus

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grade 6
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	5.43

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	challenging words:		transition, thereby, epidemic, tested, term, direct, full-blown, therefore, pneumonia, theater, medical, itself, necessary, develop, affects, such
	content words:		Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, When HIV, United States

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus By Jennifer Kenny

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¹     Have you ever heard the term HIV? Have you ever heard the term AIDS? Did you ever wonder how they were connected?
 
²     HIV refers to Human Immunodeficiency Virus. AIDS refers to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. In simplest terms, HIV causes AIDS. HIV is a virus. AIDS is a disease.
 
³     Do you remember what your immune system does? It is the system in your body that is responsible for protecting your body from and fighting off infection.
 
⁴     The virus known as HIV destroys part of the immune system. It affects T-cells which are white blood cells named T lymphocytes. These white blood cells fight germs and diseases.

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