HIV Host Infection

Question 1

First Stage

Answer 1

Exposure to infected bodily fluids: semen or blood containing HIV

Question 2

Second Stage

Answer 2

Early Infection:

• Begins at lymph nodes
• T helper cells become infected and most are destroyed within 2 weeks of infection

Question 3

Chronic Stage

Answer 3

Called the latent period: low viral replication

Question 4

AIDS

Answer 4

Threshold breach, AIDS develops