Eli5: Why can’t regular blood transfusions be used to treat AIDS patients? Wouldn’t this dilute the amount of HIV and maintain CD4 cell count?

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*prior to antiretroviral drugs

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its mostly because the disease isnt solely tied ot the blood, it affects the T cells that exist in the lymph system and a few other places.

unless you completely strip the body of all of the affected cells doing this type of transfusions is ultimately a wasted effort.

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