All 3 Uses of
HIV
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
- Someone without HIV would have a normal T cell count of a thousand cells or more, but the virus becomes part of these white blood cells.†
*HIV = the virus that causes AIDS
- An autoimmune disease specialist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, he also served as the doctor for HIV/AIDS patients at the state prison and knew all about Lucius and his recovery.†
- HIV causes cognitive impairment—a permanent loss of memory and concentration.†
Definition:
human immunodeficiency virus: the virus that causes AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells