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Immunodeficiency

Immunodeficiency is a weak defense, and it comes two ways. Some people are born with a defect. Far more pick one up later. The most important acquired cause is HIV, which slowly destroys CD4 T cells. Knock out a wall and see what gets through. Then run the HIV clock.

Four walls against infectiona broken wall lets microbes in

The four walls and what gets past them
A whole wall stops its microbes. A broken one lets them through.
Pick a deficiencyeight ways defense goes missing
Where it comes from
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Usual age at onset
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What now gets through