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Because AIDS, or Aquired immuno-deficiency syndrome, is a condition where the vast majority of your Killer T cells, the cells that alert your immune system to a virus or disease and produce the antibodies to defend against it, have been killed, so when a virus enters your body you are unable to fight against it, and your body is unaware it is even there.
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What type of microorganism causes AIDS?
It is a virus: HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus).
What type of pathogen is HIV caused by?
"Pathogen" means something that causes sickness (path- = suffering, gen- = creation). "HIV" stands for "Human Immunodeficiency Virus," which is a virus which sometimes, in time, causes the disease AIDS ("Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome"). In other words, HIV is the pathogen, and being infected by HIV is the cause of the disease AIDS.The best ways to avoid being infected by HIV is never ever to share needles for drugs, and never ever to have penetrative sex without a condom. If you steer clear of those, as long as you live in part of the world where HIV isn't endemic, you are likely safe from HIV.There is no cure for HIV infection or AIDS, but there are very effective treatments.
The type of pathogen that causes AIDS?
Virus;HIV.
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
Can AIDS attack the circulatory system?
No. The virus is HIV and the disease is AIDs. It only attacks the immune system but that causes the immune system from destroying other invaders that cause various opportunistic infections.
What is hiv or human immunodeficiency disease?
It is a disease that causes aids. it kills cells and causes other life threatening diseases called opportunistic infections because of bacteria that doesn't make healthy people sick
How is HIV casued?
HIV does not refer to a disease, but a virus that in-turn causes the disease AIDS. HIV is transmissible via the blood and saliva.
What HIV is the virus that causes what disease?
AIDS
What is the difference between AIDS and HIV?
The difference between HIV and AIDS is that HIV is the virus that causes the disease AIDS. You can be a carrier of the HIV virus and not contract the disease but you can infect others.
What is the difference between having HIV and Aids?
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. Hence, HIV in the virus and AIDS is the disease that results from the virus.
How are hicv and aid's related?
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. AIDS is the final stage of HIV disease.
Is bone disease is the number one killer of HIV?
TB is the number one killer of people with HIV, not bone disease.Bone disease is not the number one killer of people with HIV, TB is.
AIDS is a virus?
AIDS is a syndrome. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.
Can people be infected with HIV but not exhibit AIDS?
No. In order to have the disease known as AIDS (which is not a virus itself, but a syndrome), a person needs to be infected by the HIV virus. It is the HIV virus that causes AIDS.
Are HIV and AIDs two distinct diseases?
HIV is the virus. AIDS is the disease caused by the virus. (So HIV is not actually a disease per se.) As an analogue - the H1N1 virus can cause the flu.
Is AIDS the first stage of HIV?
HIV was declared a new disease in 1981. The virus that causes it was identified in 1983.
What do you catch first HIV or aids?
You catch HIV first because HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.
