When HIV Becomes AIDS
Author: Richard O. Straub
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This brief video clip presents an overview of HIV and AIDS. It begins by explaining that infection by the human immunodeficiency virus does not always cause AIDS. However, once HIV infection occurs and T-cell levels drop to dangerously low levels, AIDS can be the end result. AIDS is also diagnosed when HIV-infected people suffer one or more of 26 opportunistic infections. These are illnesses, such as Kaposi’s sarcoma and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, that don’t normally occur in most people but do show up in AIDS patients.
1. AIDs is:
2. AIDS specifically attacks which cells in the body?
3. A person is diagnosed with AIDS when:
4. Illnesses that don’t generally occur in most people, but do show up in AIDS patients are called:
5. Kaposi’s sarcoma results from:
6. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma originates in the disease fighting:
7. The deadly inflammation of the lungs that is one of the most common infections occurring in people with HIV is:
8. The bacterial infection most common among people with HIV in developing nations is:
9. Which of the following opportunistic infections is fungal in its origins?
10. The disorder in which nerve cell damage causes diminished mental function in people with AIDS is:
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