It was diagnosed that the body of a patient has lost its power of fighting any infection. Name the disease he is suffering from. What type of microbe is responsible for this disease and how does it spread from one person to the other.

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The person is suffering from AIDS. It is a disease which affects the immune system and lowers the immunity of the suffering individual. As a result of which the person becomes susceptible to all types of infections.
HIV (Human immuno virus) is the causal organism. It belongs to the category of viruses.
AIDS can spread by any one of the following ways-

(i) through sexual contact with the infected person

(ii) from the mother to her child, through the placenta

(iii) transfusion of infected blood to healthy individual.

(iv) by the use of infected syringe

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