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Flashcards: hiv/aids

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HIVthe virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
AIDSa syndrome caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that renders immune cells ineffective, permitting opportunistic infections, malignancies, and neurologic diseases to develop; transmitted sexually or through contaminated blood, a syndrome caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that renders immune cells ineffective, permitting opportunistic infections, malignancies, and neurologic diseases to develop; transmitted sexually or through contaminated blood
Immune systema system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response
acuired immunodeficiency symptomsnot found
destroys the immune systemBy geting deseases like HIV then turns to aids
t cellsan immune system cell that coordinates the immune system and attacks many infected cells
(Human Immunodeficiency Virus)this is the word for HIV
How HIV is transmittedthrew....sharing needles for drugs and other substances, unprotected sex, or you can be born with it if your infected pregnant mom passes it to you unborn.
prevention of hivstay way from sharing needles for drugs and other substances, unprotected sex, or you can be born with it if your infected pregnant mom passes it to you unborn.
Rapid Testsa test for hiv that only takes 20 minutes
b cellsa white blood cell that make antibodies
t cellsan immune system cell that coordinates the immune system and attacks many infected cells