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From: jfh@netcom.com (Jack Hamilton)
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Subject: Re: HIV and AIDS
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Date: 23 Jun 91 19:58:49 GMT
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In article <1991Jun22.121843.13093@cs.ucla.edu> I wrote: 

>2) HIV is not the only cause of AIDS (although it is the leading one).
>   "HIV" is a more specific term, and therefore preferable for the cases
>   we talk about in this newsgroup (which probably ought to be called 
>   sci.med.hiv).

I should have said "HIV is not the only cause of AIDS-like illnesses
(although it is the best known one)."   There are other diseases which
cause immune system disorders.  

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