HIV and AIDS

HIV and AIDS (When HIV progresses) is a spreading disease. Luckily for you, it cannot be transferred by air or food, but by blood exposure and sexual intercourse. The reason why it is so strong is because of its stealth, and the fact that it goes for important immune cells instead of just civilians. That is a very smart strategy, destroying all defenses before you advance. The methods of destroying a normal virus infection will not work, since it is hard to find. Here is the general process:

First, the virus enters the bloodstream, and this is the vulnerable time, since it is exposed... or is it? Actually, it is supposed to be, for dendritic cells to pick up, then to infect the dendritic cell. After infecting it, HIV makes the dendritic cell go to the lymph nodes and toward the T cells. When the dendritic cell and the T cell touches, however, they do not trade antigens, but transfers the virus. This cell-to-cell contact is genius, since it lowers the time that the HIV is exposed, therefore reducing the change of being found. When it is found, however, though, there aren't even enough T cells to use to kill the virus.

Why is HIV different from most viruses? Well, normal viruses would kill the civilian and leave the body, but HIV, instead, wears the skin of the civilian. 

Where does AIDS come in? Well, it is Acquired immune deficiency syndrome. And HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.