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Medical-Surgical Nursing 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis ,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
book Medical-Surgical Nursing 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis ,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher cover

Medical-Surgical Nursing 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis ,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
Exercise 4
During HIV infection
A) the virus replicates mainly in B-cells before spreading to CD4 + T cells.
B) infection of monocytes may occur, but antibodies quickly destroy these cells.
C) the immune system is impaired predominantly by the eventual widespread destruction of CD4 + T cells.
D) a long period of dormancy develops during which HIV cannot be found in the blood and there is little viral replication.
Explanation
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The option (a) is incorrect.
The HIV inf...

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