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What percent of Americans who attract HIV will get the AIDS virus?
The difference between HIV and AIDS is a number. If you have the HIV virus, and your T-Cell count is below 200, then you are considered (from that point forward, regardless of your T-Cell count) an AIDS patient. That doesn't mean that everyone with HIV will end up with AIDS... but HIV and AIDS are the same thing; the difference is how much damage the HIV virus has done to your T-Cells.
Which type of cell is destroyed by the AIDS virus?
The T-cells inside of your immune system are destroyed by AIDS
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
True or false the envelope surrounding a virus aids the virus in entering the cell and the virus DNA is found in that envelope?
false
What is the flow of genetic information used by retroviruses for AIDS?
AIDS virus belongs to retrovirus category. These type of virus has only RNA as genetic material. They depend on host cell's DNA to replicate.
Why are blood cell counts used for AIDS patients?
Doctors can measure the number or proportion of certain types of cells in an AIDS patient's blood to see whether and how rapidly the disease is progressing, or whether certain treatments are helping the patient. These cell count tests include.
HIV causes AIDS as the result of what?
The HIV virus is a virus that attacks someone's immune system, more specifically, the T-cell. AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or the acquisition of a weakened immune system. By destroying your T-cells, HIV causes AIDS.
The subpopulation of T lymphocytes that is attacked by the human immunodeficiency virus HIV in AIDS victims is the?
helper T cell
What is the function of membrane envelope in a virus?
This membrane envelope is taken from the last victim of the virus as it exits the cell and contains general identification proteins and docking proteins that the virus can use to gain entry to another cell. The AIDS virus use a docking analogue to dock in the CD4 protein docking area of a T-cell, this facilitates it's entry into the T-cell.
What does the membrane envelope do on a virus?
This membrane envelope is taken from the last victim of the virus as it exits the cell and contains general identification proteins and docking proteins that the virus can use to gain entry to another cell. The AIDS virus use a docking analogue to dock in the CD4 protein docking area of a T-cell, this facilitates it's entry into the T-cell.
After pcp your cd-4 went from 19 to 290 in 18 months do you still have aids?
Yes, the aids virus is still alive, but your body's immune response has been strengthened as evidenced by your increased cell count so you will not be as likely to have infections or other illnesses. Keeping your cell count up only provides you with more immunity to other forms of diseases, it does not irridicate the aids virus.
What is an infection in which a virus makes copies of itself and causes the host cell to burst called?
I believe it is called the Ly-tic cycle. The virus attaches itself to a cell and injects DNA. The viral DNA enters the Lytic cycle and new viruses are made. The cell then breaks open and viruses are released. I believe AIDS is such a virus.
