Question

Which describes the stage of HIV infection that occurs when a person’s immune system is severely weakened?

autoimmune deficiency syndrome

symptomatic stage of infection

asymptomatic stage of infection

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Answer 1

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS

Answer 2

Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) describes the stage of HIV infection that occurs when a person’s immune system is severely weakened.AIDS is the most severe phase of HIV infection.

This stage is characterized with very low number of helper T cells in the blood, badly damaged immune systems so that the infected get an increasing number of severe illnesses, called opportunistic illnesses.