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What causes aids?
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Immune Destruction: Immune destruction caused by the death or weakening on the immune cells by a chronic infection caused by the HIV virus. At some point, usually years after infection, the immune system cannot keep up with the chronic destruction of its cells and weakens to a point where it can no longer fight off infections, even simple ones.
Answered 7/16/2014
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HIV virus: causes changes in the immune system an causes AIDS.
Answered 10/18/2016
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AIDS: AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is due to infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Answered 8/30/2020
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