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What is wrong with the B cells of people with common variable immunodeficiency?
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B cells with IgG antibodies on their surface are capable of responding to microorganisms. The lack of IgG on the surface of the B cells means that they are not prepared to fight infection.
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How is common variable immunodeficiency diagnosed?
The main diagnostic test that distinguishes common variable immunodeficiency from other immunodeficiency diseases is the low antibody level despite the normal number of B cells. Antibody levels are tested in the serum
The human immunodeficiency virus may infect what cells?
sperm cells
What is the name of the substance that coats B cells?
Immunodeficiency
What is most helper T cells are destroyed called?
An immunodeficiency syndrome. Hereditary types are called SCID (severe combined immunodeficiency) and the acquired type (from HIV) is AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).
What type of virus infects t cells?
HIV The human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes HIV infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
The human immunodeficiency virus can cause which of the following?
What is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus? helper T cells
What cells are infected by the human immunodeficiency virus considering that most viruses infect a specific kind of cell?
T-cells.
What is severe combined immunodeficiency?
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is the most serious human immunodeficiency disorder(s). It is a group of congenital disorders in which both the humoral part of the patient's immune system and the cells involved in immune responses fail.
Why does the lack of B cells cause an immune system to be defective?
The lack of B cells is known as an Inherited immunodeficiency diseases and usually means you will have to be kept away from sick people till the B cell matures.
What is the group of the diseases that occur when antibodies develop and begin to destroy the body's own cells?
immunodeficiency diseases
What virus attacks the cells in the immune system that produces that antibodies?
HIV, human immunodeficiency virus, is the virus that attacks the cells in the immune system that produce antibodies.
Virus is a bloodborne infection in which the virus damages or kills the cells of the immune system?
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
