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Questions for Discussion: Fighting Back

  • If the human body can successfully fight off the mumps virus, why is it hard to fight AIDS?
  • What is meant by the term "trigger?"
  • What cells that fight disease are always present in the body? What cells or parts of cells are produced after the disease-causing virus enters the body?
  • What are some different ways the body develops immunity to a disease?
  • Does a person have to have mumps to be immune to the mumps virus?