Question

When my friend Dr. Ashok visited a slum area to guide the people residing there how to remain healthy, found a young person very weak. He diagnosed that immune system of the young one is suppressed. He advised him for ELISA test which was found positive to a pathogen. As a biology student can you answer the following questions:

1. Name the disease the person is suffering from.
2. What is the causative organism?
3. Which cells of the body are affected by the pathogen?

Answer 1

1. Acquired lmmuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
2. Human lmmuno deficiency Virus (HIV)
3. Helper T-lymphocytes