• Question: How does the HIV virus cause the human immune system to malfunction?

    Asked by sabi123 to Ed, Hayley, Jason, Nathan, Sophie on 18 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Hayley Evers-King

      Hayley Evers-King answered on 18 Mar 2013:

      It infects the cells that recognise dangers, so the immune system doesn’t respond to threats as it should do. This makes infected people very susceptible to all sorts of diseases and infections.

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