Question: What does the human immunodeficiency virus destroy?
Options:
- (A) B cells
- (B) bacteria
- (C) helper T cells
- (D) animals
- (E) epidermis and dermis
- (F) critical organs
- (G) an organism's body
- (H) cancer cells
Let's be accurate as possible and think step-by-step.
HIV infects and destroys helper T cells. HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, is a retrovirus. The human immunodeficiency virus infects and detroys helper T cells.
The answer: (C).