Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Reasons why there is a wide variation on the effects of HIV/AIDS on different individuals


Reasons why there is a wide variation on the effects of HIV/AIDS on different individuals?

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different people, different circumstances
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hiv stands for human immunodeficiency virus. as the name states, hiv attacks the immune system. of course, no two immune systems are alike. in fact,there are cells called T-cells that help the body fight off foreign substances. different people have different numbers of these cells. for people with a weak immune system, hiv will be extremely destructive. this is why children and the elderly have a very high mortality rate if they are infected. also, hiv is a virus that mutates at an above average rate. this means that no two viruses are exactly the same, so it makes sense that even people with similar immune systems have different responses to hiv. once hiv becomes aids (acquired immunodificiency syndrome), the symptoms are similar for most people.


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