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There are key differences between HIV and a regular virus. The body is able to adapt to the genetic makeup of a regular virus, and know how to obsolete it as a result. However for HIV, it is a constantly mutating virus in that the body's immune system cannot keep up with its roulette of genetic makeup.
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HIV attacks the immune system directly
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Is an HIV infection different from a cold virus infection?
HIV attacks helper T cells that are trying to fight infection, rather than attacking healthy body cells like a cold virus does. HIV attacks lymphocytes directly.
How is a hiv virus different from a cold virus?
HIV attacks helper T cells that are trying to fight infection, rather than attacking healthy body cells like a cold virus does. HIV attacks lymphocytes directly.
Why do people who dont have herpes get cold sores?
A person has to be infected with the herpes virus (type 1) to get a cold sore.
What is the communicable respiratory infection caused by more than 100 different viruses?
That's a fine description of the "common cold".
How long are viral infections contagious?
Every virus is different. Some are infectious for only a couple of days; some are infectious until after your body has been buried. Some may be infectious for longer than that; bodies of the victims of the 1917 influenza strain have recently been exhumed, and were discovered to STILL be dangerous.
How long does a cold virus live in a medicine bottle?
A cold virus can typical live for a day in a medicine bottle. This virus cannot last longer than this without a host.
What is the most common fungal infection?
Usually disease can be contracted through air or fluids. Through human to human it is more often airborne than fluid borne.
How does the herpes virus that causes cold sores infect host cells differently than a cold virus would infect host cells?
The herpes that causes cold sores remains in the nervous system and is reactivated from time to time. The sore reappears at this time. A cold virus doesn't act this way in the nervous system. Once a person has a cold, that person makes enough antibodies so that the virus doesn't cause a cold again in that person.
How long does it take for a cold virus to go away?
Usually a cold virus take from 3-5 days but depending on the virus and the human body differences it can take less than a day. Some bodies attack the virus quickly giving you symptoms faster.
A disease spread through air caused by a virus?
Here are some examples of airborne viruses that cause infectious diseases in humans: •The common cold (there are more than 100 different viruses that cause the cold) •Pneumonia (there are more than 50 different viruses that cause pneumonia... pneumonia can be caused by a virus and/or bacteria) •Hepatitis B •Mumps •Measles •Small Pox •Influenza (including the Swine Flu H1N1) Hope this helps!!!!!!
How do you get rid of a cold within 24 hours?
You can't. Your body needs to take time to produce the necessary antibodies, which is how your immune system fights a common cold. That can take from 7 - 10 days for a typical common cold virus. You can treat the symptoms and begin to feel better sooner than that time frame, but each individual will take different times for the development of antibodies and this can vary depending on the specific cold virus involved.
Why can you get the flu lots of tomes?
Because the virus will mutate. When you get the flu more than once each time it is a different virus.
