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Nomsa lives with her four children, her brother and her
mother in a small house in a rural area of KwaZulu-Natal.
Nomsa's brother has Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome or Aids. This means that.... - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔(1) He has acquired the disease from his
sister due to their deficient living conditions.
(2) He inherited the infection from his mother, just like his
sister and her baby did.
(3) He has acquired the disease from green monkeys in
central Africa.
(4) His infection is caused by an organism from outside
the body that attacked his immune system and rendered
it deficient.
answer: 4) His infection is caused by an organism from
outside the body that attacked his immune system and
rendered it deficient
How would you explain to Nomsa's brother what is meant
by immune deficiency? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(1)
The HI virus in your body is immune to any deficiencies
caused by the syndrome.
(2) Your immune system can no longer protect your body
against infections from outside.
(3) The HI virus is deficient because it is a retrovirus.
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(4) Your immune system is so deficient that it can only
produce new viruses.
answer: (2) Your immune system can no longer protect
your body against infections from outside.
The reason why HIV - the virus that causes Aids - is so
dangerous to human beings is because HIV 'hijacks' the
most important cells in the immune system, namely the
(a) ____, and 'forces' them to (b) ____. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔(1) (a) CD4+ T cells (b) manufacture
more HI viruses
(2) (a) macrophages (b) kill all other invading organisms
(3) (a) CD4+ T cells (b) change the viral DNA to viral RNA
(4) (a) macrophages (b) stop initiating their chemical
reactions which kills viruses
answer: (1) (a) CD4+ T cells (b) manufacture more HI
viruses
Statistically, more women than men are infected with HIV
in Africa. Why are women more vulnerable to HIV
infection than men? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Statistically, more women than men are infected with
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HIV in Africa. Why are women more vulnerable to HIV
infection than men?
(a) In general women's living conditions are very poor and
deprived, while men usually have enough money to live
comfortably.
(b) Women, as the recipients of semen, are exposed to
the sexual fluids of their partner(s) for a longer time than
men.
(c) Men have stronger immune systems than women.
Therefore women are also more vulnerable to HIV
infection than men.
(d) The area or surface that is exposed to the partner's
secretions during sexual intercourse is larger in the case
of women than in men.
The correct answer is:
(1) (a) & (c)
(2) (a), (b) & (d)
(3) (b) & (d)
(4) (b), (c) & (d)
answer: (3) (b) & (d)
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A person's risk of HIV infection is increased when he or
she - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(a) Lives in the same
house as a person who has Aids.
(b) Is also infected with other sexually transmitted
infections.
(c) Has a partner who frequently has unprotected sex.
(d) Is in constant contact with tuberculosis in the home.
The correct answer is:
(1) (c)
(2) (b) & (c)
(3) (a) & (d)
(4) (a), (b), (c) & (d)
answer: (2) (b) & (c)
Why are people with STIs (sexually transmitted infections)
particularly vulnerable to HIV infection? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔(1) STIs, especially genital ulcers, make
it easier for the HI virus to enter the body.
(2) HIV positive people are so promiscuous that they also
spread STIs.
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Nomsa lives with her four children, her brother and her
mother in a small house in a rural area of KwaZulu-Natal.
Nomsa's brother has Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome or Aids. This means that.... - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔(1) He has acquired the disease from his
sister due to their deficient living conditions.
(2) He inherited the infection from his mother, just like his
sister and her baby did.
(3) He has acquired the disease from green monkeys in
central Africa.
(4) His infection is caused by an organism from outside
the body that attacked his immune system and rendered
it deficient.
answer: 4) His infection is caused by an organism from
outside the body that attacked his immune system and
rendered it deficient
How would you explain to Nomsa's brother what is meant
by immune deficiency? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(1)
The HI virus in your body is immune to any deficiencies
caused by the syndrome.
(2) Your immune system can no longer protect your body
against infections from outside.
(3) The HI virus is deficient because it is a retrovirus.
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(4) Your immune system is so deficient that it can only
produce new viruses.
answer: (2) Your immune system can no longer protect
your body against infections from outside.
The reason why HIV - the virus that causes Aids - is so
dangerous to human beings is because HIV 'hijacks' the
most important cells in the immune system, namely the
(a) ____, and 'forces' them to (b) ____. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔(1) (a) CD4+ T cells (b) manufacture
more HI viruses
(2) (a) macrophages (b) kill all other invading organisms
(3) (a) CD4+ T cells (b) change the viral DNA to viral RNA
(4) (a) macrophages (b) stop initiating their chemical
reactions which kills viruses
answer: (1) (a) CD4+ T cells (b) manufacture more HI
viruses
Statistically, more women than men are infected with HIV
in Africa. Why are women more vulnerable to HIV
infection than men? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Statistically, more women than men are infected with
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HIV in Africa. Why are women more vulnerable to HIV
infection than men?
(a) In general women's living conditions are very poor and
deprived, while men usually have enough money to live
comfortably.
(b) Women, as the recipients of semen, are exposed to
the sexual fluids of their partner(s) for a longer time than
men.
(c) Men have stronger immune systems than women.
Therefore women are also more vulnerable to HIV
infection than men.
(d) The area or surface that is exposed to the partner's
secretions during sexual intercourse is larger in the case
of women than in men.
The correct answer is:
(1) (a) & (c)
(2) (a), (b) & (d)
(3) (b) & (d)
(4) (b), (c) & (d)
answer: (3) (b) & (d)
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A person's risk of HIV infection is increased when he or
she - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(a) Lives in the same
house as a person who has Aids.
(b) Is also infected with other sexually transmitted
infections.
(c) Has a partner who frequently has unprotected sex.
(d) Is in constant contact with tuberculosis in the home.
The correct answer is:
(1) (c)
(2) (b) & (c)
(3) (a) & (d)
(4) (a), (b), (c) & (d)
answer: (2) (b) & (c)
Why are people with STIs (sexually transmitted infections)
particularly vulnerable to HIV infection? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔(1) STIs, especially genital ulcers, make
it easier for the HI virus to enter the body.
(2) HIV positive people are so promiscuous that they also
spread STIs.
