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HIV attacks helper T cells that are trying to fight infection, rather than attacking healthy body cells like a cold virus does.
HIV attacks lymphocytes directly.
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HIV attacks the immune system directly. (apex) :)
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∙ 15y agoHIV is a virus of course... and pathogens are diesease causing bacteria. HIV are very hard to remove, and antibiotics won't work on them (any viruses won't work). Bacteria can be removed easily with antibiotics.
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∙ 7y agoBecause it weakens the immune system allowing other virues to make you get sick easier.
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∙ 14y agoHIV weakens your immune system by killing off your white blood cells, which only HIV can do.
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∙ 11y agoHIV works like other viruses. We just haven't been able to come up with effective treatments for it yet.
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∙ 7y agoIt's a sexually transmitted disease when other diseases you might have may not effect other people's bodies.
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How is HIV inefection different from a cold virus infection?
HIV attacks the helper T cells
Is an HIV infection different from a cold virus infection?
HIV attacks helper T cells that are trying to fight infection, rather than attacking healthy body cells like a cold virus does. HIV attacks lymphocytes directly.
How is a hiv virus different from a cold virus?
HIV attacks helper T cells that are trying to fight infection, rather than attacking healthy body cells like a cold virus does. HIV attacks lymphocytes directly.
How is a HIV infection different than a cold virus infection?
There are key differences between HIV and a regular virus. The body is able to adapt to the genetic makeup of a regular virus, and know how to obsolete it as a result. However for HIV, it is a constantly mutating virus in that the body's immune system cannot keep up with its roulette of genetic makeup.
Is HIV bacterium?
No it isn't; it is a viral infection.
Is HIV a viral or bacterial?
It is a Virus, infact the V in HIV stands for Virus
Why is it named HIV?
HIV Stands For Human Immunodeficiency Virus. HIV Is An Infection By The Human Immunodeficiency Virus... Hope It Helped . x
Infection by this virus is a precursor to AIDS?
The HIV or human immunodeficiency virus.
Is the common cold and HIV from the same virus?
No the cold virus is rhinovirus,where as HIV&AIDS is a retrovirus it reproduces by changing DNA into RNA.
What infection with the hiv virus causes decreased immune functioning?
That is what HIV does. However a super infection,multiple strains of HIV infection or duel infection,HIV with hep c etc will degrade the immune system further.
What type of virus infects t cells?
HIV The human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes HIV infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
What does the acronym SVI stand for?
SVI is an acronym that stands for Secondary Virus Infection, which means that an infection could be at a different stage of life as a virus. Many times this is referred to as HIV stages in a person.
