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Gonorrhea.
Species? Symptoms? Number of cases? |
Neisseria gonorrrhoeae
Discharge in 80% males 300,000 cases/yr |
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Clamydia.
Species? Treatment? Symptoms? Cases? Leads to? |
Clamydia trachomatis
More than medicine (social disease) 75%men 25% women = no symptoms 4million cases/year ($24billion) Trachoma- blindness |
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AIDS came from?
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Crossed species barrier around 1930's in the congo.
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When is the oldest known case of AIDS according to the book?
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1959 Congo
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How is AIDS detected?
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Antibodies detected through ELISA
Antigens detected through Western Blot. |
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HIV can survive ____ inside a cell and _____ hours outside a cell.
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1.5days
6hours |
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How is HIV transmitted?
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Sex, breast milk, placenta, needles, transplants, artificial insemination, transfusions
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How is AIDS prevented?
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Condom. sterile needles.
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