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Through mutation, HIV can accumulate resistance to drugs developed for treatment. Describe the relationship between HIV and the humans who develop these drugs in terms of an evolutionary arms race.
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Through mutation, HIV can accumulate resistance to drugs developed for treatment. Describe the relationship between HIV and the humans who develop these drugs in terms of an evolutionary arms race.

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The viruses evolve by acquiring new mutations that enable them to escape from the immune system's response to antigens in the host organism

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The vaccines are developed by attenuation or inactivation of the antigens of the pathogen (viruses), thereby mutations enable viral immune escape

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