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HIV is devastating because it mutates
as you and i have certain features so do diseases
when you get a bad cough it is caused by a disease in your body which has features on it making you ill
your white blood cells make other cells that clamp onto these features to stop your illness then eat the disease as well as making a memory of the shape of the cells needed to stop that particular disease
therefore if you get the disease again it can kill it off much faster however HIV is horrible because when the white blood cells make the clamps it changes its features and thus cannot ever bee killed off
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 8y agoThis virus can only replicate in T-lymphocytes, it eventually kills them causing the immune system to fail. It replicates very slowly compared to many other viruses and is also capable of splicing DNA copies of its RNA genome into the infected cell's chromosomes, thus hiding without replicating for years until it awakens again.
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∙ 13y agoit destroys the t-cells by reproducing in them and then bursting them open
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Can HIV leave the body?
No, there are no known cases of complete HIV remission.
What type of pathogen is HIV?
HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, is itself a pathogen.HIV is a virus.HIV itself is a pathogen Human Immunodeficiency virus cause HIV/AIDS disease it belongs to retro virus which has ability to convert mRNA to DNA the reverse transcription and possess reverse transcriptase enzyme
Is HIV bacterial?
No HIV is not bacteria or any other organism. HIV is a retrovirus. It infects the T helper cells of human, cause AIDS disease.No, it is a virus.No, it is not a virus.
Could HIV infect a monkey as it does humans?
No , HIV is specific for human . Monkeys have protein that has destructive power which prevents them from HIV. Though SIV is affective against these monkeys.
What type of microorganism causes AIDS?
It is a virus: HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus).
Where is HIV most likely to be found in the human body?
Blood.
Can HIV be transmitted if you swallow the blood that someone who is HIV puts it in a drink or dressing?
No. HIV is not able to live outside the human body. It is absolutely impossible to transmit the virus in this way. Only by direct, human-to-human contact can someone be infected with HIV.
How many times does HIV virus live in water?
HIV is not able to live outside the conditions of the human body.
What is the life span of HIV out of human body?
Approximately 24 hours.
Can HIV live in toilet water?
You will not get HIV if toilet water splashes on you.
How do you get for Hiv?
you get HIV where the sun dont shine. its like a bacterica we get through sex.
What is meaning HIV?
HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.HIV is a retrovirus which causes the death of certain white blood cells, weakening the body's immune system to the point where it can no longer defend the body against even the simplest infections.
Can HIV live in Coca Cola?
No, HIV can't live in Coca-Cola. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the virus that causes AIDS. HIV can only live inside the human body and dies shortly after being exposed to air. HIV is a STD (sexually transmitted disease).
How HIV forms in a human body directly?
It doesn't, you get it from someone who's already infected.
What is the way that the human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) affects the body?
it attacks the immune system
What is the primary way that the human virus HIV affects the body?
it attacks the immune system
What virus causes AIDS?
The virus that causes AIDS is HIV(Human Immunodeficiency Virus) HIV infects and affects the body's key component of immunity which is the T-cell This HIV enters the host T-cell and replicates its RNA( Ribonucleic acid ) into the body's DNA( Deoxyribonucleic acid) leading to the body to produce more HIV virus cell as the T-cell virus replicates and the HIV virus renders the T-cell useless as they try to fight of diseases or even the common flu HIV progresses to AIDS when the T-cell count in the body drops below 200 or any one of the 26 opportunistic conditions which does not occur in healthy people
