A freshly drawn blood specimen from a patient with severe signs of AIDS shows a cell grouping of A. Reverse grouping shows no agglutination with A or B cells. The MOST probable explanation is that the patient A. is subgroup group A2 with anti-A1 B. is losing the ability to produce antibody due to the disease process C. is subgroup group A3 D. has a positive direct antiglobulin test

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A freshly drawn blood specimen from a patient with severe signs of AIDS shows a cell grouping of A. Reverse grouping shows no agglutination with A or B cells. The MOST probable explanation is that the patient

A. is subgroup group A2 with anti-A1

B. is losing the ability to produce antibody due to the disease process

C. is subgroup group A3

D. has a positive direct antiglobulin test

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