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Why is it so difficult for the immune system to fight an HIV infection?
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∙ 12y ago
Part of the problem in the control of HIV is the fact that the virus mutates fast. When something changes, or mutates quickly, it is difficult to find a cure or a vaccine that will effectively control it.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoHIV is spread through contact with infected blood, semen, vaginal fluid and breast milk. There are many activities that place people at risk, including unprotected sex and injection drug use most commonly.
Controlling the activities of every person of every nation is impossible. There will always be individuals who have multiple sexual or injection drug using partners. Because HIV is spread this way, there most likely will not be an effective means of controlling the virus until a vaccine is developed.
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∙ 12y agoThe immune system of people infected with HIV is compromised and weakened.
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∙ 12y agoBecause the virus uses lymphocytes-T (CD4) white cells to duplicate itself. trying to stop the virus doing it could, and will involve damaging the immune system leading to instant death.
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∙ 12y agoHIV attacks white blood cells, so the immune system is weakened.
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What bacteria infection difficult to defeat?
Bacterium cells help the immune system fight off different things. This is what helps make the immune system stronger.
What cell fight off infection?
The white blood cell fights off infection in the immune system.
What body system is the white blood cells in?
part of the immune system because they fight infection
How does your immune system work at fighting an infection?
because that's part of life It produces antibodies that fight the infection.
How infection helps your immune system?
It can build up white blood cells to fight against the infection and if it is present again you will all ready be immune to it. That is why vaccinations have a small amount of the infection in them, so you can become immune to it later.
What is the difference between antitserium and vaccine?
vaccine: a vaccine teaches your immune system how to fight an infectionantiserum :an antiserum either neutralise the infection or stimulate the immune system
How vaccines prevent infection?
Vaccines do not prevent infection. Vaccines prepare the immune system to fight infection by allowing the immune system to produce antibodies to a specific invading organism, kill it, and remember it in the future. In vaccines, this organism is often weakened or dead. If the invading organism is found by the immune system in the future following immunization, the immune system remembers it and produces the specific antibodies needed to kill it quickly.
How does the immune system fight of disease?
The Immune System
What does hiv attacks?
HIV attacks and destroys the immune system, specifically the white blood cells that fight infection.
What are the 2 roles of the immune system?
to fight against infection like disease and bacteria e.g lymph node
How does your body reacts to infection?
The immune system responds to a bacterial infection in various ways. In most cases, it will release antibodies which will attempt to fight the infection in various ways.
Why are some diseases difficult for the immune system to fight off what is this process called?
AIDS, and the process is death
