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Redundancy Entry 786 / 1605 60-second read

HIV virus vs. HIV

HIV = Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

“Testing for HIV virus.”

✓ Correct

“Testing for HIV.”

The ruleii

HIV contains "Virus."

Redundant acronym expansion.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Don't double virus."

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