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Of or relating to a person diagnosed by a test as having the human immunodeficiency virus (that can lead to AIDS).

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  • And long-term HIV-positive men have a fiftyfold greater risk of developing testicular cancer than the general population.
  • Of 3,000 known hemophiliacs in 1985, 1,200 are now HIV-positive.
  • Leigh Neal learned she was HIV-positive around the same time as Were.
  • (By contrast, 70 percent of Mumbai's prostitutes are now HIV-positive).
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