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You are most likely to develop the cancers considered AIDS-related if you have HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) plus another risk factor. These risk factors include:
- a low CD4 (white blood cell) count
- smoking or excessive drinking
- human herpesvirus 8 infection
- human papillomavirus (HPV) infection
- Epstein-Barr virus infection
- hepatitis B or C infection
- failure to take HIV medications properly
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