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ANS1:HIV ANS2:AIDS ANS3:It's called SCIDS which stands for severe combined immunodeficiency!!! ANS4:HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. You can have the virus and still have a functioning immune system. That would not be entirely wrong, just not the best answer. Newborns tend to be shielded from the virus by the placental barrier. That is not to say that a baby could not be born with full-blown AIDS and thus have an Acquired Immuno-Deficiency...possible, but not likely.

The stickiest problem with choosing AIDS as the answer is that the baby would have had to have, at some time prior to the onset of AIDS, an immune system--evidenced by the infection. If there were no T-lymphocytes there would be no AIDS. You can't have a house fire without a house.

The best answer to this question is SCIDS because it doesn't require you to present hypothetical conditions that result in the birth of a baby with full-blown AIDS to justify the answer.

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