NEETZoologyHuman Health and Diseases
What does AIDS stand for?
Options
- AAcquired Immunity Deficiency Syndrome
- BAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- CActive Immunity Deficiency Syndrome
- DActive Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Correct answer
B. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Step-by-step solution
AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, which means a deficiency of the immune system acquired during the lifetime of an individual indicating that it is not a congenital disease. Macrophages continue to produce virus particles and act as a factory for producing HIV.ue to the replication of HIV in helper T-lymphocytes, there is a progressive decrease in the number of helper T-lymphocytes in the body of the infected person.HIV is transmitted through body fluids such as sexual contact with an infected pe