What is the cause of AIDS?

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AIDS is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which is a member of a group of viruses called retrovirus. 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 person, transfusion of contaminated blood and blood products, sharing of infec