Complex symptoms like severe pneumonia vascular tumor sudden weight loss swollen lymph nodes and immune deficiency are features of:
Correct answer: C. AIDS
- A. Polio
- B. Hepatitis
- C. AIDS
- D. HIV
Explanation
AIDS is the advanced syndrome caused by HIV, involving severe immune deficiency and opportunistic problems such as pneumonia, lymph-node enlargement, weight loss, and certain tumours. HIV is the causative virus, not the name of the collection of clinical symptoms, so students often choose HIV by confusing cause with disease.
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