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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.

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How is HIV inefection different from a cold virus infection?

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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.


Is the common cold and HIV from the same virus?

No the cold virus is rhinovirus,where as HIV&AIDS is a retrovirus it reproduces by changing DNA into RNA.


Are cold sores a sign of AIDS?

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What is the virus before HIV?

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Why AIDS is not curable?

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A disease caused by virus?

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How is a HIV infection different than a cold virus infection?

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What is a example of a virus?

HIV, rinovirus (aka. common cold), influenza (the flu)


Can Some HIV viruses are able to mutate producing slightly different strains of the virus?

true