An AIDS patient on diagnosis by a doctor is found suffering from TB, malaria because

The person becomes very weak

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The immune system will be damaged

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AIDS includes all other infectious diseases

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is D The immune system will be damaged
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infects the cells of the immune system. In particular, HIV attacks and destroys the T helper lymphocytes, or T-cells, which are crucial to the immune system and immune response. This infection suppresses the immune system and thus not able to fight with any antigens and causes numbers of diseases such as TB, malaria etc.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

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