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viki

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on: Jul 12, 2018
How does HIV progress in to AIDS?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Why is the HIV virus known as a retrovirus?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jul 12, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: An HIV-positive person is diagnosed with AIDS when at least one opportunistic disease has developed or when that person's CD4 T cell count drops below 200 cells per microliter of blood.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Because the HIV virus changes its RNA into a double strand of DNA, whereas, usually the reverse happens where DNA is changed to RNA.


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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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