Essay Archive - AIDS
AIDS
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), suppresses the immune system
related to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A person
infected with HIV gradually loses immune function along with certain immune
cells called CD4 T-lymphocytes or CD4 T-cells, causing the infected person
to become vulnerable to pneumonia, fungus infections, and other common
ailments. With the loss of immune function, a clinical syndrome (a group
of various illnesses that together characterize a disease) develops over
time and eventually results in death due to opportunistic infections
(infections by organisms that do no....
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