Examples of HIV/AIDS in the following topics:
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- HIV/AIDS results in high infection and mortality rates amidst inadequate distribution of preventative information and treatment.
- In 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that there are 33.4 million people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS, with 2.7 million new HIV infections per year and 2.0 million annual deaths due to AIDS.
- Sub-Saharan Africa is the region most affected by the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
- Many international organizations are working to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS and its mortality rate.
- People infected with HIV/AIDS can be treated with anti-retroviral drugs.
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- Malaria is the second leading cause of death in Africa, after HIV/AIDS and is the fifth leading cause of death from infectious diseases worldwide.
- The top three single agent/disease killers are HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
- It is the second leading cause of death in Africa, after HIV/AIDS, and is the fifth leading cause of death from infectious diseases worldwide.
- HIV/AIDS was introduced as an infectious disease during the 20th century and deaths due to HIV have increased fourfold since.
- However, as HIV/AIDS has become a pandemic, it is better understood and is known to not just be isoloated to certain groups of people.
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- HIV/AIDS is a major health problem in many parts of the world.
- The virus and disease are often referred to together as HIV/AIDS.
- In 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that there are 33.4 million people worldwide with HIV/AIDS; 2.7 million new HIV infections are reported per year along with two million annual deaths due to AIDS.
- There is currently no publicly available HIV vaccine or cure for HIV or AIDS.
- Describe the problems associated with HIV/AIDS for many societies, particularly poor countries and ethnic minorities
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- Human immunodeficiency virus infection / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), is a disease of the human immune system caused by infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) .
- During primary infection, the level of HIV may reach several million virus particles per milliliter of blood.
- Ultimately, HIV causes AIDS by depleting CD4+ T cells (helper T cells).
- Image of HIV: scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding (in green, color added) from cultured lymphocyte
- Multiple round bumps on cell surface represent sites of assembly and budding of HIV.
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- Human immunodeficiency virus infection / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV ).
- HIV is the cause of the spectrum of disease known as HIV/AIDS.
- Stage 1: CD4 count ≥ 500 cells/uL and no AIDS defining conditions
- Stage 2: CD4 count 200 to 500 cells/uL and no AIDS defining conditions
- Stage 3: CD4 count ≤ 200 cells/uL or AIDS defining conditions
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- The cumulative number of AIDS cases reported for Santa Clara County is broken down by ethnicity as follows: (Source: HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Santa Clara County, Santa Clara County Public Health Department, May 2011)
- If the ethnicity of AIDS victims followed the ethnicity of the total county population, fill in the expected number of cases per ethnic group.
- Perform a goodness-of-fit test to determine whether the make-up of AIDS cases follows the ethnicity of the general population of Santa Clara County.
- Does it appear that the pattern of AIDS cases in Santa Clara County corresponds to the distribution of ethnic groups in this county?
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- AIDS was first clinically observed in 1981 in the United States.
- Social action groups such as ACT UP also worked to raise awareness of the AIDS problem.
- Patrick's Cathedral against New York Cardinal O'Connor's position on AIDS and contraception.
- DIVA TV continued documenting the direct actions of ACT UP, activists, and the community responses to HIV/AIDS, producing over 160 video programs for public access television channels.
- Queer Nation was another AIDS-focused activist organization, formed in 1990 in New York City by AIDS activists from ACT UP.
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- Immunodeficiency is also the hallmark of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) , caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
- HIV directly infects a small number of T helper cells and also impairs other immune system responses indirectly.
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is defined in terms of either a CD4+ T cell count below 200 cells per µL or the occurrence of specific diseases in association with an HIV infection.
- In the absence of specific treatment, around half the people infected with HIV develop AIDS within 10 years.
- The most common initial conditions that alert to the presence of AIDS are pneumocystis pneumonia and cachexia.
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- HIV is an opportunistic infections that feeds on the fact the the immune system is suppressed.
- Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are particularly susceptible to opportunistic infections.
- HIV can develop into Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), which infects and destroys helper T cells (specifically CD4+ T cells).
- When immunity is lost, the opportunistic microorganisms can easily infect the AIDS patient without being destroyed by the immune system.
- This is a magnified view of HIV budding from a lymphocyte.
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- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a member of the retrovirus family) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
- AIDS is a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive.
- HIV can infect dendritic cells (DCs).
- There, it is cleaved by HIV protease and processed into the two HIV envelope glycoproteins, gp41 and gp120.
- During maturation, HIV proteases cleave the polyproteins into individual functional HIV proteins.