Death from AIDS is due to
A) a direct effect of the deadliness of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
B) the destruction of the immune system, leaving people vulnerable to a variety of infections, any of which can be fatal.
C) poor medical care for those infected.
D) the tendency of those who are infected to avoid medical care until a critical stage of infection has already been reached.
Question 2
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
A) is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus.
B) is a mutated form of cancer that can be traced back to the early 1900s.
C) is an altered form of pneumonia that first appeared in Africa.
D) is the cause of the human immunodeficiency virus.