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NEET BiologyClass 12AIDSMediumAssertion–Reason

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Read the Assertion and the Reason about the course of HIV infection and choose the correct option.

  • Assertion (A): In an HIV-infected person, the number of helper T lymphocytes progressively decreases.
  • Reason (R): The virus enters helper T lymphocytes, replicates in them and produces progeny viruses that attack more cells.

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