HIV/AIDS attacks T-helper cells, impairing the immune system and making the body susceptible to other diseases; it is transmitted via bodily fluids and has no cure but can be managed with antiretroviral drugs.
O HIV/AIDS ataca as células T-auxiliadoras, prejudicando o sistema imunológico e tornando o corpo suscetível a outras doenças; é transmitido por fluidos corporais e não tem cura, mas pode ser tratado com antirretrovirais.
| Front | animal diseases; HIV/aids 4.1.1(a) |
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| Back | HIV causes aids, HIV targets the T-helper cells, gradually destroying them and making immune system more susceptible to other disease its a retrovirus, so GM is RNA and contains enzyme reverse transcriptase which transcribes RNA strand into DNA strand which forms DNA strand within host cells passed on through bodily fluids (sharing needles, unprotected sex and pregnancy from mother to child) no vaccine or cure but treated with antiretroviral drug (slows progress of viral infection), FGM increases rate of infection as if same equipment used multiple times, woman susceptible to HIV |
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