Microbiology with Diseases by Body System Plus Mastering Microbiology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (5th Edition)
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The reason, that there are difficulties faced during the medical treatment by getting rid of HIV from the body’s cells.

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The Human immune virus (HIV) specifically target and destroy the T-cells and cause AIDS. The HIV attaches specifically through the CD4 receptors present on the T-cells, and gain entry into cells, where they replicate and stay as a latent virus. They get integrated with cell’s genome and it is passed to all the daughter cells.

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