GENERAL

• WHAT DOES HIV POSITIVE MEAN?

  infected with HIV
• WHAT DOES AIDS MEAN?

  replicating viruses in T helper cells interfere with normal functioning of immune system
• WHAT HAPPENS IN AIDS?

  T helper cells are destroyed by virus
• WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HOST T HELPER CELLS ARE DESTROYED?

  cannot produce adequate immune response to other pathogens, leaving the host vulnerable to infections/ cancer
• WHAT LEADS TO DEATH?

  immune system destruction not HIV directly