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    What is AIDS?

    By: user18789, 2007/03/04 20:27

    AIDS is the last stage of a long-lasting disease that diminishes the body’s ability to fight-off infections. This disease is caused by infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV progressively destroys the immune system of the body. This destruction is signaled by the loss of a certain type of white blood cell called the CD4 lymphocyte or T-helper cell, which is vital to the functioning of the immune system. People with advanced HIV disease suffer from many kinds of infections, as well as certain cancers, which ultimately leads to their death.

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