Siv

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of simian immunodeficiency virus. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  2. 2
    Initialism of swine influenza virus, usually Influenza A virus. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    Initialism of special immigrant visa. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism

    "The State Department said that there were 17,000 SIV applicants in the pipeline when President Joe Biden took office."

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"Beatrice Hahn and her colleagues says it is possible that other SIV strains exist that could pose a risk to humans. They plan to continue analyzing chimp dung in other areas of west-central Africa to explore this question."

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