SIDA Flashcards

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AIDS is a sickness that harms the immune system of the body.

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SIDA es una enfermedad que daña el sistema inmunitario del cuerpo.

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T Cells watch over your body, organizing and combating invading pathogens like virus and other harmful microorganisms.

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Las Células T vigilan tu cuerpo, organizándose y combatiendo a los patógenos invasores como los virus y otros microorganismos dañinos.

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HIV or Human Immunodeficiency Virus, attacks the T Cells directly.

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VIH o Virus de Inmunodeficiencia Humana ataca directamente a las células T.

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When HIV has destroyed sufficient T Cells, the immune system weakens.

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Cuando HIV ha destruido suficientes células T, el sistema inmunitario se debilita.

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The the sicknesses that your body normally can combat, like a cold or the flue, can get in and cause serious health problems.

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Entonces, las enfermedades que tu cuerpo normalmente puede combatir, como un refriado o la gripe, pueden entrar y provocarte problemas graves de salud.

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As you will be able to guess, HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.

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Como podrás adivinar, el VIH es el virus que causa el SIDA.

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We say that a person has AIDS when their immune system has very few T Cells and their body no longer can attack the infections.

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Decimos que una persona tiene SIDA cuando su sistema inmunitario tiene muy pocas células T y su cuerpo ya no puede atacar las infecciones.

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Still there is no cure, but they have advanced a a lot in the treatments.

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Todavía no hay una cura, pero se han avanzado mucho en los tratamientos.

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HIV is a very difficult virus to attack because it is very tricky.

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El VIH es un virus muy difícil de atacar porque es muy tramposo.

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Infected people can sometimes live for years without presenting symptoms.

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Las personas infectadas algunas veces pueden vivir años sin que se presenten síntomas.

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Sometimes the treatment works for a while and then the virus mutates or changes so that the medicines no longer recognize it.

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A veces el tratamiento funciona por un tiempo y luego el virus muta o cambia para que las medicinas no lo reconozcan.

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Doctors and scientists are working a lot to make a vaccine that can prevent AIDS, like the ones that they give us so that we don’t get measles or mumps.

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Los médicos y científicos están trabajando mucho para hacer una vacuna que pueda prevenir el SIDA, como las que nos ponen para que no nos de rubeola o paperas.

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