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NREMT Paramedic

Category - Medical

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Which of the following best describes AIDS?

Results in the destruction of the body's immune system.
Is easier to contract than hepatitis B.
Is the most common blood borne infection in the United States
Always presents signs and symptoms, which make it easily discernible as a disease.

Explanation

Answer: A - AIDS is caused by a virus that destroys the infected individual's immune system. This disease process generally presents without symptoms, initially. AIDS is more difficult to contract then Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C is the most common blood borne infection in the US

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