1. | The existence of a unique, exogenously acquired retrovirus, HIV.
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2. | The "HIV" antibody tests are specific for "HIV" infection.
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3. | The HIV theory of AIDS, that is, that HIV causes acquired immune deficiency (destruction of T4 lymphocytes=AID) or that AID leads to the development of the clinical syndrome AIDS.
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4. | The "HIV genome", (RNA or DNA) originates in a unique, exogenously acquired infectious retroviral particle.
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5. | HIV/AIDS is infectious, either by blood, blood products or sexual intercourse.
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6. | Mother to child transmission of a retrovirus HIV or its inhibition with AZT or nevirapine.
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