human immunodeficiency virus aids AIDS HIV/AIDS denialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:HIV/AIDS_denialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS_denialism https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1333233 AIDS denialism HIV denialism HIV/AIDS denial The belief, contradicted by conclusive evidence, that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) does not cause acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Some of its proponents reject the existence of HIV, while others accept that HIV exists but argue that it is a harmless passenger virus and not the cause of AIDS. Insofar as they acknowledge AIDS as a real disease, they attribute it to some combination of sexual behavior, recreational drugs, malnutrition, poor sanitation, haemophilia, or the effects of the drugs used to treat HIV infection (antiretrovirals). medical denialism