Question

If a patient is advised anti-retroviral drug, name the possible infection he/ she is likely to be suffering from. Name the causative organism.

Answer 1

Answer:

The possible disease is AIDS, as it is caused by retrovirus and anti retro viral drug is consumed to lower the effect.

Causative organism is a virus called Human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)

Answer 2

Explanation:

The most commonly found retrovirus infection in humans is an infection of HIV or human immunodeficiency virus. The disease is called Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome.

AIDS is one of a most dangerous and to date incurable diseases that progressively destroys the body’s immune system. The AIDS virus attaches to the "CD4 receptors" of the white blood cells and then infects it. The WBCs act as production houses of the AIDS virus and when they mature, they burst open the cell, killing it.