Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems (MindTap Course List)
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![What properties make HIV an "emerging virus"?
HIV is now starting to cause diseases other than AIDS, such as rare types of cancers and
pneumonias.
HIV mutates rapidly, making the virus very different from HIV in the early 1980s.
HIV infected humans long before the 1980s, but it has now mutated to a deadlier form.
HIV suddenly became apparent and widespread in the 1980s.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fda859fed-ae51-422c-9773-627805a70b82%2F78296a11-92fb-4035-b5fd-5d36ce3da803%2F29tdoj8_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:What properties make HIV an "emerging virus"?
HIV is now starting to cause diseases other than AIDS, such as rare types of cancers and
pneumonias.
HIV mutates rapidly, making the virus very different from HIV in the early 1980s.
HIV infected humans long before the 1980s, but it has now mutated to a deadlier form.
HIV suddenly became apparent and widespread in the 1980s.
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