HIV/AIDS
Across
- 2. ________ infections are caused by pathogens that usually do not cause disease in a healthy immune system.
- 4. HIV cannot be spread by a ______ .
- 6. The _________ blot is used to determine HIV/AIDS status.
- 7. Special cells that attack and attempt to destroy infection and foreign substances from the body.
- 10. The amount of virus in the bloodstream at any given time is known as the ________ ________
- 12. HIV can be spread via _________ __________.
Down
- 1. This is an initial symptom of HIV.
- 3. The HIV virus specifically attacks the human ________ system.
- 5. The transfer of an infection from a mother to her baby is known as ________ transmission.
- 8. HIV is found in high concentrations in the ________.
- 9. The HIV virus only affects _________.
- 11. The time period from exposure to HIV infection to when the body produces enough HIV antibodies to be detected by a standard HIV test is known as the ________ period.