T-cells are specialized white blood cells that play an important role in the body’s immune system. These cells have molecules called CD4 on its surface. These “helper” cells initiate the body’s response to invading micro-organisms such as viruses.
CD4 Cells - The Key to HIV Replication
HIV is a retrovirus, meaning it needs cells from a “host” [...]
We urgently seek your prayer support for Crisis Home residents, individuals living with HIV whose CD4 is at a very low level of below 200 cells per cubic millimter of blood. They have becomes ill with one of the AIDS defining illnesses and is at a much greater risk of others opportunistic infections and is [...]
You can get HIV through hugging.
Wrong! You can only contract the disease if there is an exchange of bodily fluids. If you hug, shake hands, or work with someone who is infected – you won’t get it! You can’t get it through bug bites, animals, drinking water, etc.
You can tell if someone is infected.
Wrong! Infected people don’t [...]