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Can people with AIDS/HIV be vaccinated?

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6 $begingroup$ If there is no immune system,it seems like vaccines wouldn't do much since there is no adaptive immune system to develop antibodies and memory cells. But can people with AIDS/HIV still be vaccinated? It is expected that a normal person will have antibodies to attack the minimal infection produced by the vaccine and generate memory cells, but without an immune system I expect vaccines to be deadly. Is that right? microbiology immunology virology vaccination hiv share | improve this question edited Nov 14 '18 at 21:28 De Novo 7,078 1 11 39 asked Nov 12 '18 at 15:16 Gabriel Gabriel 233 1 8 $endgroup$ add a comment  |  6 $begingroup$ If there is no immune system,it seems like vaccines wouldn't do much since there is no adaptive immune system to develop antibodies and memory cells. But can people with AIDS/HIV still be vaccinated? It is expected that a normal person will have antib