AQA GCSE Combined Science Trilogy · 8464
Specification 4.3.1.2 · Paper 1
Revise: Viral diseasesMeasles and HIV affect humans, while tobacco mosaic virus affects plants.
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GCSE Combined Science · key term
Human immunodeficiency virus: a virus that attacks the body's immune cells and can lead to AIDS unless successfully controlled.
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Specification 4.3.1.2 · Paper 1
Revise: Viral diseasesMeasles and HIV affect humans, while tobacco mosaic virus affects plants.
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Human immunodeficiency virus: a virus that destroys white blood cells and weakens the body's ability to fight infections.
Revise: Health and Communicable DiseasesHIV is a viral pathogen.
Distinguish HIV, the virus, from AIDS, the late stage of HIV infection. Explain that damage to immune cells leaves the body unable to deal with other infections or cancers.
Antiretroviral drugs control HIV infection; do not describe them as a cure or as a vaccine.
HIV is the virus; AIDS is the condition that can develop after HIV has severely weakened the immune system.
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