HIV-positive
Virus and HIV-positive are semantically related. in immunological disorder topic. In some cases you can use "Virus" instead a noun phrase "HIV-positive".
Virus
Virus noun - (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein.
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HIV-positive and virus are semantically related. You can use "HIV-positive" instead a noun "Virus".
Nearby Word: viral
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In "Two Girls, One Cop" the werewolf virus is used as a metaphor for HIV/AIDS within the Adult Film industry, with several references made to events in the early 1990's of HIV-positive actors spreading the disease.
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Used and lampshaded in the Bad Blood chapter of the Trainspotting novel, where the HIV-positive character Davie pulls this on Alan Venters, the man who gave the HIV to the former's girlfriend by raping her, thus leading to Davie's own contraction of the virus.
Source: Gambit Roulette -
Gambit Roulette: Used and lampshaded in the novel's Bad Blood chapter, where the HIV-positive character Davie pulls this on Alan Venters, the man who gave the HIV to the former's girlfriend by raping her, thus leading to Davie's own contraction of the virus.
Source: Literature / Trainspotting
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