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AIDS isn't transferred, but the HIV virus can be.
The virus is caught by the exchange of body fluids with someone who is already carrying the HIV virus.
That virus, if left unchecked, will eventually lead to a person developing the AIDS condition.
The name comes from means Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
Basically the virus has made your immune system so weak that a whole bunch of diesases(which you would normally be able to fight off) will move right in and eventually kill you.
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Can AIDS enter the body from saliva to anus?
No; saliva does not have enough of the virus to transmit the infection. However, if blood is in the saliva, the virus can be transmitted.
What is human immunodeficiency infection?
HIV. Is a virus. Such as AIDS. If you are HIV positave you may get AIDS. Which happens when one of the four body fluids enter one of the four body openings. It's a disease.
What type of disease can cause AIDS?
AIDS is caused by a virus called HIV. This virus attacks the immune system especially the T cells. It destroys the body's ability to fight off infections.
How does aids enter the body?
You can NOT feel HIV or AIDS in the body. A person can look and feel perfectly healthy for years and you won't be able to tell if that person has HIV or AIDS. If you have been sexually active or shared needles from doing drugs, you may want to get an HIV test done. It's best to get tested to start treatment so that the virus doesn't form into AIDS.
The aids virus and the hepatitis b virus exit the body through?
vaccines.
Why does hiv virus not usually kill a person directly?
HIV destroys the Immune system causing a person to develop AIDS. People with AIDS have a very weak Immune system that allows infections to enter the body with little to no resistance. Its these infections that kill a person. 26 infections are "AIDS defining" and include 2 cancers,thrush and Pneumonia as examples. So HIV does not kill but it is the cause of AIDS which can.
Cut in lips can cause aids?
Yes it Can Seeing as Any Transmishion of Fluids in the Body Transmit's the Virus yes it Can if you are Kissing a Aid's Infected person
What is a body fluid that is present in the mouth and does not transmit the AIDS virus?
Saliva.
How do you hiv disease occur in our body?
By being infected with the AIDS virus.
Does HIV have to cause AIDS?
By gradually destroying a person's immune system.HIV causes aids by destroying the immune system. It leaves your body defenceless, you catch diseases easily and can die from one illness or the other.
What part of the body commonly are affect by the aids virus?
Brain and spinal cord
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
