What are the microbes that causes aids?

Answer 1

HIV is a virus that attacks the immune system and can lead to AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. It is classified as one of the types of viruses known as Retroviruses.

However, to answer the question, there is some disagreement on whether a virus is actually a microbe, since definitions of microbes describe them as living organisms, and viruses are not alive. But for practical purposes, especially in medical discussions, viruses are included as a third type of microbe in the world of microorganisms.

Microbes are described in the simplest terminology as organisms too tiny to be seen by the human naked eye, and especially those microorganisms that produce disease. Viruses can fit in that definition. But when microbes are described as "livingmicroorganisms", the viruses fall short.

The American Heritage Medical Dictionary defines a virus as:

"Any of a large group of submicroscopic agents that act as parasites and consist of a segment of DNA or RNA surrounded by a coat of protein. Because viruses are unable to replicate without a host cell, they are not considered living organisms in conventional taxonomic systems. Nonetheless, they are described as 'live' when they are capable of replicating and causing disease." (The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Hougton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.)

The two types of microbes that include living organisms are the Prokaryotes and the Eukaryotes. As discussed above, often microbes are described as divided into three groups that include Viruses as the third group.

Answer 2

The virus that causes AIDS is called HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). It infects and destroys CD4 cells in the immune system, weakening the body's ability to fight off infections and disease.

Answer 3

AIDS is caused by the HIV virus.