This is a picture of HIV virus attacking blood cells. HIV stands for the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus. This is a virus that people can become infected with and that they can then pass on to other people. More about the HIV virus can be found at http://www.avert.org/geninfo.htm .

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Photo credit: � Joseph de Leon