SCIENCE
VIRUS AND BACTERIA
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Bacteria
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Fungi
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Viruses (HTLV III)
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Protozoa
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Detailed explanation-1: -The newly identified human HTLV-III virus, the etiologic agent for AIDS, shares many of the biological and physicochemical properties common to a family of retroviruses named human T-cell leukemia (lymphotropic) viruses, or HTLV.
Detailed explanation-2: -, concurrently with researchers at the Pasteur Institute, showed that a retrovirus, dubbed HTLV-III-later renamed the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-is the virus that causes AIDS.
Detailed explanation-3: -HTLVs are spread by three modes: sexual contact, infusion of blood or blood products, and breastfeeding.
Detailed explanation-4: -HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system. If HIV is not treated, it can lead to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). There is currently no effective cure. Once people get HIV, they have it for life.
Detailed explanation-5: -The article by Drs Nugent and O’Connell1 referred to the AIDS virus as human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III).