INTE 398 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2.5: Immunodeficiency, Window Period, Statistical Hypothesis Testing

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Lesson 2. 5 hiv the basics [reading review] Immunodeficiency means a weakened immune system (which is what defends your body against disease) Hiv attacks the body from the inside and also leaves the immune system weak enough that it is very likely to become sick from other things as well. When hiv is not treated properly a patient may become sick with a life-threatening infection (aids) With proper treatment, many people now with hiv avoid getting aids and live healthy lives. The simplest and smallest of all living things. Viruses don"t reproduce on their own, but infect living cells and trick them into creating more infected cells. Hiv is so dangerous because it infects cd4+ cells, cells meant to fight of infection. Infection happens when enough hiv from an hiv+ person gets into an hiv- s body. Only happens when body fluids with high amount of virus get into the other person"s body.

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