Question

Is AIDS an inherited or acquired disease?

Answer 1

AIDS: Autoimmune deficiency syndrome is an acquired disease caused by the infectious agent Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

1. AIDS is an acquired disease as it developed after birth through exposure to HIV.
2. The virus usually gets transmitted from an infected person to a healthy person through the use of infected needles, sexual contact with an infected person, and transfusion of blood contaminated with HIV.
3. Symptoms include weight loss, loss of immunity, high fever, and weakness in the body.