HIV/AIDS

long way in the treatment and control of the spread of HIV. In a few sentences answer the questions below. Site sources. The NIH site on HIV will have most of the information you will need to answer the questions. Answer each part in 2-3 sentences. (2 points) NIH: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/hivaids/Pages/Default.aspx You can use this site to answer c. http://www.livescience.com/9983-immune-hiv.html a. Briefly describe the life cycle of the HIV…

Bloodborne pathogens are microorganisms that can cause harmful diseases in humans. The most common kinds of bloodborne pathogens are hepatitis B, hepatitis C , and human immunodeficiency virus. These pathogens can cause serious health problems. HIV can lead to AIDS, which is a life threatening disease that attacks your immune system. Many humans around the world suffer from bloodborne pathogens, they can damage many important organs and are spread in many ways. The most common and life…

In the United Kingdom, the high prevalence of HIV infections is a significant public health problem. In 2013, there were 107,800 people living with HIV infection in the UK, of which 43,500 were men who have sex with men (MSM). (Public Health England, 2014, 4) If taken prophylactically, a new antiretroviral drug, Truvada, has been shown to be highly effective to protect HIV-negative people who engage in high-risk behaviour, such as having unprotected sexual intercourse or multiple sex partners.…

Viruses such as herpes simplex virus, HIV, mumps, West Nile virus and others also can cause viral meningitis. Chronic forms of meningitis occur when slow-growing organisms attack the membranes and fluid encompassing the brain. Although acute meningitis strikes abruptly, chronic meningitis develops…

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 estimated 35 million people (“HIV/AIDS”). The ‘Black Death’ and the HIV/AIDS pandemic have killed many people; however, neither has killed nearly as many people as the 1918 influenza pandemic. The…

Prevention (CDC) reported that half of all new sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) were among youth ages 15 to 24. According to the CDC, “1 in 4 sexually active adolescent females have an STD.” HIV rates among adolescents have decreased over the years, but males ages 13 to 19 still account for approximately 80% of new HIV cases in 2010. Even though cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea have also decreased, these two STDs are still the highest among adolescents. The CDC discovered through a 2013…

Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a cancer of connective tissue that develops as a result of infection with HHV-8. This virus is also known as Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). KSHV infects endothelial cells, or cells that line the inside of blood and lymphatic vessels, and is characterized by raised lesions on the skin or other endothelial membranes. Age, race, ethnicity and disease state are all risk factors for this disease. There are four known types of KS: classic, endemic, acquired, and…

Many people do not know much about what is HIV and other disease that have been in the world for more than three decades. I am one of those people that does not research or give interest to topics that might not be necessary for me to study but Africa is an interesting topic that most people want to know about. In the book A story the African Aids Epidemic by Iliffe he talks about why the epidemic started and how long had the virus was before naming it. This books has a lot of information that…

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 much weaker it turns into AIDS, also known as Acquired…

available to AIDS advocates: “one activist choice was to build community organizations that were better suited to reach the communities underrepresented by ACT UP. Another was to work inside of ACT UP” (Juhasz 71). Thus Juhasz argues the goal of activism proposed by ACT UP was mutually exclusive of that which would benefit minorities interests (in particular, women and people of color). This binary division, albeit extreme, highlights the fragmentation of interests accompanying the AIDS…