Which statement about human immune deficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is true?
a. Everyone with AIDS has HIV infection but not everyone with HIV infection has AIDS.
b. Everyone with HIV infection eventually dies of it because the disease cannot be cured.
c. With successful antiretroviral therapy, HIV-infected patients become HIV-antibody negative.
d. When HIV disease becomes AIDS, the infection is in the blood and treatment must be given intravenously.
A
People infected with HIV develop antibodies to the virus and become HIV positive. Not every-one who is HIV positive will progress with the disease and develop AIDS, the most severe form of the disease.
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