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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Is a retrovirus that causes human AIDS. Many retroviruses infect vertebrates, One genus of retrovirus, Lentivirus, includes the subspecies HIV-1 and HIV-2, which cause AIDS. Family: Retroviridae Genus: Lentivirus Species: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
●HIV infects mainly CD4+ T cells, macrophages, and dendritic cells which express the surface receptor CD4. ●Destroying CD4+ T cells leads to opportunistic infection.
● Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the end stage of the disease that is associated with CD4+ T cell depletion, multiple or recurrent opportunistic infections, and unusual cancer (Kaposi sarcoma).
●HIV patient is different from an AIDS patient. AIDS is an end stage of HIV virus.
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