Review Note

Freddie Mercury was a popular rock star, known to be a sexually active gay man, exhibited symptoms such as hairy leucoplakia and was often too sick or weak, due to an infection, to perform live at concerts. Which of the following statements will most likely explain Mr. Mercury’s condition?

A. Lymphokines are activated and affect the macrophages and cause great accumulation of macrophages

B. Most likely developed the absence of T cells due to a virus245

C. Exposed to a virus that produced antigens to cause B-cell growth, proliferation, formation of plasma cells, and secretion of excess antibodies that made him sicker

D. T-helper cells were inactivated or destroyed by a virus