2. A. Acquired
I. Immune
D. Deficiency
S. Syndrome
The immune system defends us against
micro- organisms or germs (viruses,
bacteria, fungi) and tumours

3. We say:
HIV *An HIV-carrier,
H. Human *An HIV-positive person,
*An infected person
I.
Immunodeficien 3 An infected
cy person can
HIV infects the cells of the body’s pass the
1 V. Virus
defence system (lymphocytes- VIRUS on
monocytes)
2 HIV graduallydestroys the
cells

4. THE
UMBRELLA
The boy has an He gave it to the The girl acquired
umbrella girl (got) the umbrella
The boy
caught
cold, he is
coughing
and has
fever: he
has the
syndrome
The girl is (signs) of a
immunised The boy has a cold
(protected) deficiency (lack) of
against the rain an umbrella

5. IF YOU HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT
WITH THE VIRUS, WHAT HAPPENS ?
THE  THE BODY THE PERSON
VIRUS manuf act ur es does not show
MOVES IN signs of sickness
ant ibodies
and The HI V
multiplies st ar t s t o get
THE act i ve, m t i pl i
ul
PERSON es and dest r oys
can pass on t  Theym stage:
he l AIDS
phocyt es
the VIRUS
After some The body can no
years, the BODY longer ffight against
begins to weaken chance diseases.

6. STAGES OF THE DISEASE
INFECTION
Infection is ‘asleep’ : 2-7
years
AIDS
Blind Chance DEATH
or illnesses
Hidden
1º STAGE 2º 3º 4º

7. HIV/AIDS IS NOT PASSED
ON BY ACCIDENT!
It can be avoided through
sensible behaviour
HIV POSITIVE: AIDS:
An HIV-positive does An AIDS sufferer shows
not have signs of the the clinical signs of
disease various illnesses
EACH OF THEM CAN PASS ON THE VIRUS

8. WHAT DOES THE
AIDS VIRUS DO ?
1.- White 2.-Most
corpuscles often the
protect the white
body against globules
microbes are the
winners
3.-But in this fight,
AIDS WILL ALWAYS
BE THE WINNER