Week 2- HIV and the Immune System

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Across
  1. 2. HIV infection in this stage is happening about 1-4 weeks after the virus is transmitted
  2. 4. When the person's level of HIV in their blood stabilizes
  3. 5. A rare form of cancer associated with AIDS
  4. 9. Any substance that triggers a response from the immune system
  5. 10. This has happened when a person who initially tested negative for HIV later tests positive for HIV
  6. 12. More than 90% of HIV-1 infection belong to this strain
  7. 14. Another name for slow-acting virus
Down
  1. 1. This condition happens to people with AIDS in which they lose more than 10% of their body weight
  2. 3. During this period of HIV infection the person shows no signs or illness
  3. 6. The type of white blood cells that HIV attacks
  4. 7. Another word for an error that can occur when viruses try to copy themselves
  5. 8. The largest part of the immune system
  6. 11. A virus that uses RNA as its genetic material is called this
  7. 13. Substances that can cause infection or disease