Week 2: HIV/AIDS Animation Exercise (pathology B)

using your knowledge of the disease process in AIDS, select the statement which best describes the onset of an opportunistic infection

the CD4 count is so low that the immune system lacks the resources to destroy cells infected with opportunistic pathogens

identify what the acronym AIDS stands for

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

identify the leukocyte directly responsible for destroying infected cells and tumor cells

T lymphocyte

the etiology of aids is the

human immunodeficiency virus

select the cause of Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient with an advanced case of AIDS

kaposi's sarcoma is a type of cancer that occurs as a result of the low CD4 cell count