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A disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis, cariniipneumonia, and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma,and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
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