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Question
The immune system of a person is suppressed. In the ELISA test, he was found positive to a pathogen.
- Name the disease the patient is suffering from.
- What is the causative organism?
- Which cells of body are affected by the pathogen?
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Solution
- Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- Human Immuno deficiency virus (HIV)
- Helper T-lymphocytes (TH)
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