Immunodeficiency

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a lentivirus that attacks the body’s immune system through CD4 cells and evolves into Acquired immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). HIV is transmitted by contact with bodily fluids. Symptoms of HIV are similar to simple cold symptoms including fever, chills, rash, etc. There is no cure for HIV, but it can be treated and controlled with antiretroviral therapy. There will be a more in-depth look into HIV in this paper. Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Causes, Effects, and General Information Almost 37 million people today are living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (amFAR, 2016). Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a lentivirus that affects our immune system. HIV is an easily contracted virus and was the cause of…

I chose a governmental website in order to look at HIV/AIDS through a biomedical standpoint. This website provides the basic facts in regards to HIV/AIDS, treatment options, reducing risks, potential health related problems, and other biomedical criteria. In addition to this viewpoint, the website involves methods of coping for patients as well as friends and family, legal rights, and discrimination. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is defined as a communicable disease that is transmitted…

“The vast majority of people living with HIV are in low-to middle-income countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa.” According to AIDS.gov, most people who have HIV/Aids are on the lower end of the socio-economic scale in Africa. This can play an important role in the diseases that are all around in Africa; most of Africa has HIV/AIDS. According to the figure 1 below, 24.7 million people live with HIV and out of the 25.7 million, only 39% of them are receiving treatment. This could be…

As you know, when you go to the doctor, you sign your rights to privacy. Which is actually patient privacy rights, the Privacy Act of 1974? Which lead into effect December 31st 1974. An Act to amend title 5, to safeguard individual privacy from the misuse of Federal records, to provide that individuals be granted access to records concerning them, which are maintained by Federal agencies, to establish a Privacy Protection Study Commission, and for other purposes. In 1981, an epidemic of…

The film And The Band Played On is a 1993 docudrama film by Roger Spottiswoode depicting the epidemic of the AIDS virus. As the film first starts off, Dr. Francis whose working for the CDC heads over to Africa to study the Ebola Fever. The Ebola outbreak was controlled before it reached further distance of the outside world, but it was a warning for worse to come. HIV, also known as Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a virus that attacks the immune system. After time, when the immune system becomes…

surveillances: to monitor for instances of HCV true positive samples, to monitor for the occurrence of mutations that could result in failure to detect some HIV-1 positive specimens. Cobas TaqScreen MPX Test is used for direct detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Group M RNA, HIV-1 Group O RNA, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 (HIV-2) RNA, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA, and Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) DNA in human plasma and simultaneous detection and discrimination of HIV RNA,…

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Ayden M. Edgar Mackintosh Academy Abstract Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a dangerous virus that creates an inefficiency in your immune system. This is bad because then it makes it super easy for the body to get infected because of the lack of helper CD4 T-cells. HIV is the cause of many death in the world and there is still no cure. Without our Immune cells our daily functions, like getting a paper cut could grow an infection and then result…

Throughout history, HIV and AIDS have influenced the American society. Once HIV was transferred to the United States from chimpanzees in Africa, there was a new outlook on diseases. Many people did not know what the disease was, which caused difficulties for the people infected at work, in relationships, and in their daily lives. There are many complications that add to having an immunodeficiency disease because these people are at a higher risk for contracting other illnesses that will cause…

Pandemics are events in which a disease spreads across the entire world. Many pandemics have become notorious for their lethality, symptoms, or historical events that surrounded them. Various notorious and formidable pandemics include the ‘Black Death’ and the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic. The ‘Black Death’ was a pandemic caused by the plague that killed an estimated 25 million people (“Black Death”). The HIV/AIDS pandemic killed an…

chimpanzee that is believed to be the transmitter of the disease (What is HIV/AIDS?). These chimpanzees carry an Immunodeficiency disorder called Simian Immunodeficiency Virus. Scientists believe that this disease was transmitted to humans and then mutated (What is HIV/AIDS?). People could have contracted this disease while they were hunting for food and came in contact with the chimps blood (What is HIV/AIDS?). The virus has then since evolved across Africa. The disease continues to spread all…