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What type of cell does the HIV virus use as a host cell?

bone marrow cells

nerve cells

blood cells

CD4 cells

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CD4 cells

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The type of cell that HIV uses as a host cell by attacking and destroying such cell is called CD4 cells. It is a lymphocyte also referred to as T cells that is responsible for battling infections. Since HIV cannot reproduce on its own, it binds to a host cell which is the CD4 cell.

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