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In the picture
above you
can see a
healthy lymph
node. The pic-
ture below
shows a
lymph node
damaged by
the AIDS
virus.

of human beings. Its main target is the helper T cells,
which are the most effective elements of the defence
system. This is a very important point. Among numerous
types of cells, the virus chooses those cells of the de-
fence system which are, in effect, the most beneficial for
it and this instigates the destruction of the human body.
When T cells, the vital elements of the defence sys-
tem, are seized, the defence system is deprived of its
brain team, and is no longer able to recognise the ene-
my. This could be regarded as an ingenious war tactic.
An army without any effective communication and intel-
ligence systems would be considered to have lost its
main strength.
Furthermore, the antibodies produced by the hu-
man body do not harm the AIDS virus. AIDS patients
continue to produce antibodies, however, they are not
as effective in the absence of the killer T cells.
One unanswered questions is: How does the HIV
virus know exactly what target to focus on? By the time