AIDS/SPID un-acronym'ed?

[Edward M Dumanis]

On Sun, 23 Apr 1995, Robin LaPasha wrote:

> > (I know that the English is Auto-Immune Deficiency Syndrome...)
> Oops.  That A is for Acquired, not Auto...
>
> Robin LaPasha                          Soviet Literature Scanning Project
> ruslan at acpub.duke.edu                  Duke University
>
If I remember correctly, it is just a word-by-word translation: SINDROM
PRIOBRETENNOGO IMMUNNOGO DEFITSITA.

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at acsu.buffalo.edu>