Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome is abbreviated as AIDS. Human immune system is completely destroyed by the attack of HIV virus and people are easily affected by any disease. This condition is called AIDS. The HIV virus destroys macrophages and T2 lymphocyte cells in human white blood cells.
In 1983, the French scientist Dr. Lue Montagnier discovered the AIDS virus and named it Lymphadenopathy associated virus (LAV). In 1984 American scientist Dr. Robert Gallo separately discovered this virus and named it Human T-cell Lymphotropic virus, strain III (HTLV-III). In 1986, the International Committee on Nomenclature of Viruses recognized it as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).