HIV is the Human immunodeficiency virus. The virus was recognized in a chimpanzee by scientist in Africa. They believe that it is the same cause of HIV infections found in humans. The type of infection found in chimpanzees are called the simian immunodeficiency virus that was spread to humans and also mutated into HIV. There was a time when human hunted chimpanzee for meat and was in contact with their blood that is infected. In past studies it showed that HIV have showed up in apes and humans in the late 1800s. Over time the disease as develop and spread throughout Africa and different parts of the world. The virus was of an existence in the united stated around the 1970s. HIV can be contracted through fluids in the blood, semen, rectal
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The CDC provides funds and also assist the state and local department of health to gather information of the disease from people all around the world to evaluate the infected people and why they have the disease. The process is ongoing and the data collected is used to seek new information of HIV and the AIDS virus. The surveillance is a national system that syndicates data on HIV infection and how the disease progress, as well as the actions and characteristic of the people that are high risk. When the goals are met the CDC will provide HIV prevention funding to where it is …show more content…
This will give an indication of whether the treatment is working or not working. If the viral load is low, there is a possibility that it cannot be measured. This indicates a good result which is called undetectable viral load. The virus is still in the immune system, but is kept under control with the treatment. When the viral load is kept at a low level it prevent the immune system from being damage. Viral load testing is not available in some countries. The current HIV treatment is manufactured to be taken on a daily basis because it keeps HIV under control when a person stop taking the medication the viral loads go up and the immune system is at risk. If a dosage is missed on a regular basis the body may become resistant to the treatment and the medication will no longer work even if they are taken. Therefore it is very important to take the medication every day. Several people experience some slight side effects within the first few days or week of treatment. Such as feeling sick with a
The CDC provides funds and also assist the state and local department of health to gather information of the disease from people all around the world to evaluate the infected people and why they have the disease. The process is ongoing and the data collected is used to seek new information of HIV and the AIDS virus. The surveillance is a national system that syndicates data on HIV infection and how the disease progress, as well as the actions and characteristic of the people that are high risk. When the goals are met the CDC will provide HIV prevention funding to where it is …show more content…
This will give an indication of whether the treatment is working or not working. If the viral load is low, there is a possibility that it cannot be measured. This indicates a good result which is called undetectable viral load. The virus is still in the immune system, but is kept under control with the treatment. When the viral load is kept at a low level it prevent the immune system from being damage. Viral load testing is not available in some countries. The current HIV treatment is manufactured to be taken on a daily basis because it keeps HIV under control when a person stop taking the medication the viral loads go up and the immune system is at risk. If a dosage is missed on a regular basis the body may become resistant to the treatment and the medication will no longer work even if they are taken. Therefore it is very important to take the medication every day. Several people experience some slight side effects within the first few days or week of treatment. Such as feeling sick with a