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Why do people with AIDS get opportunistic infections ?

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Why do people with AIDS get opportunistic infections ?

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Over time, HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) attacks and weakens the immune system. The body then looses its ability to attack germs. At that point, germs can take advantage of the body’s weakened state and cause infections in people with AIDS (a result of HIV infection).

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