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The immune system of a person is suppressed. In suppressed. In the ELISA test, was found positive to a pathogen.
(a) Name the diseases the patient is suffering from.
(b) What is the causative organisms ?
(c) Which cells of body are affected by the pathogen ?

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The immune system of a person is suppressed. In the ELISA test, he was found positive to a pathogen.
(a) The patient is suffering from AIDS.
(b) AIDS is caused by Human Immuno deficiency Virus (HIV) . It is a retro virus containing RNA as genetic material.
Macrophages and helper T-cells are affected by the pathogen.
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