Posted: February 22nd, 2017

Explain in biological terms why HIV is such a difficult disease to treat and cure. Investigate a current medication used in the HIV cocktail and describe how it works at the cellular and immune system level.

When the body is infected with a virus or bacterium, the immune system responds using the innate response or adaptive immunity. In your initial post: Briefly explain how the normal immune response works. Discuss what happens when the infection attacks the immune system itself, as in the case of HIV. Explain in biological terms why HIV is such a difficult disease to treat and cure. Investigate a current medication used in the HIV cocktail and describe how it works at the cellular and immune system level.