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Name the cells that act as HIV factory in humans when infected by HIV.Explain the events that occur in the infected cell.

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Macrophages act as HIV factory.
Events-(a)Inside the macrophage RNA of the virus replicates to form DNA with the help of enzyme reverse transcriptase.
(b)The viral DNA gets incorporated into the host cell.s DNA and directs the infected cells to produce more virus particles.
(c )Simultaneously,HIV enter into the helper T cells and replicate there to produce progency virus.
The progency viruses released in the blood and attack other T-cells.This repeated leading toa decrease in number of helper T-cells.
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