Editing Misconceptions about HIV/AIDS (section)

===HIV cannot be the cause of AIDS because the body develops a vigorous antibody response to the virus===
This reasoning ignores numerous examples of [[virus]]es other than HIV that can be [[pathogenic]] after evidence of [[immunity (medical)|immunity]] appears. [[Measles]] virus may persist for years in [[brain]] cells, eventually causing a chronic neurologic disease despite the presence of [[antibodies]]. Viruses such as ''[[Cytomegalovirus]]'', [[Herpes simplex virus|''Herpes simplex'' virus]], and ''[[Varicella zoster]]'' may be activated after years of latency even in the presence of abundant antibodies. In other animals, viral relatives of HIV with long and variable latency periods, such as [[visna virus]] in [[sheep]], cause [[central nervous system]] damage even after the production of antibodies.<ref name="NIAID, 1995">"Disease Progression Despite Antibodies", "The Relationship Between the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome", [[National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases]], September, 1995</ref>

HIV has a well-recognized capacity to [[mutate]] to evade the ongoing immune response of the host.<ref name="Levy, 1993">{{cite journal | last1 = Levy | first1 = J.A. | year = 1993 | title = Pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus infection | journal = Microbiol. Rev. | volume = 57 | issue = 1| pages = 183–289 | pmid = 8464405 | pmc = 372905 | bibcode = 1989NYASA.567...58L | doi = 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1989.tb16459.x }}</ref>