Human Immunodeficiency Virus ( Hiv )

Since the beginning of time, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been plaguing African American communities at an alarmingly higher rate than any other. The initial stereotype was that only homosexual, Caucasian men had this disease (which also helped contribute to the disease even further because blacks did not think that they had the possibility of contracting HIV). Poverty plays a huge role as well because those are the blacks most affected and since they are financially unable to afford proper, necessary treatment, they fall victim to this disease. Even though they may seem or look fine at one point in time, the virus can clearly take over their body once their CD4 cell count diminishes to less than 200 cells. This weakens the immune system and opportunistic infections now have the chance to invade the body and eventually kill the HIV (now AIDS) infected individual.

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that causes HIV infection and 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. Without treatment, average survival time after infection with HIV is estimated to be 9 to 11 years, depending on the HIV subtype. Infection with HIV occurs by the transfer of blood, semen, vaginal fluid, pre-ejaculate, or breast milk. Within these bodily fluids, HIV is present as both free virus particles and virus within infected immune cells.

In this document, we are going to do a brief exposition about the HIV and report the statistical analysis of this virus in Miami-Dade County.

HIV is also known as human immunodeficiency virus and it is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system of those infected (Nordqvist, HIV/AIDS). It specifically attacks the T cells, also known as CD4 cells, and reproduces within these cells (avert.org, what are HIV and AIDS). This

This paper explores the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as well as the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). The virus has infected two million adults and children by the year 2005 already. The virus continues to race around the world, and new HIV infections are at 50,000 per year (Martine Peeters, Matthieu Jung, Ahidjo Ayouba) (2013). The final outcome of the HIV infection is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). There are many treatments that have developed to help the large number of people infected (Demmer, 2002). HIV greatly spread throughout Africa while originating with African chimpanzees. There are many different theories as to what started the HIV outbreaks, but all theories come to the same conclusion that there

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) describes a particular disease that can only infect human beings. HIV weakens one’s immune system by destroying necessary immune system cells that fight infections and other foreign attacks. When an immune system is defective or impaired, the entire body will begin to cripple as the infection takes over. The virus reproduces itself by assuming control over a cell in the body of its host- similar to a parasite. HIV’s signs and symptoms are comparable to those that cause the flu or the common cold. However, over time, the body’s immune system can heal most viruses out of the body. Inside a body infected with HIV, the human immune system cannot seem to find an antidote for it. Once the body has HIV, it is

In 2014, there was an estimate of 36.9 million people and climbing living with HIV, and with a fatality rate of 100%, AIDS is disputably the deadliest infectious disease to strike mankind (UNAIDS). This number continually increases, not necessarily because more are becoming infected; however, because more people are receiving antiretroviral therapy globally and living longer. Nonetheless, even though HIV infections are declining, there is still an astronomical number of new infections and deaths occurring yearly. The development of HIV antivirals and vaccines has been

The presence of a virus similar to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was first identified in a species of chimpanzee in Africa and researchers believed contact with an infected ape 's blood to be the source of its transmission to humans. According to studies, this transmission may have occurred in the late 1800s. As years passed, the virus gradually swept across Africa and later into other regions throughout the world[1]. HIV, an infectious disease, tends to advance through body fluids such as blood, semen or breast milk[2] and attacks the immune system. As it progresses, it damages immune cells impairing the immune system in protecting against infections and diseases resulting in AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).

According Canadian public health agency (2010), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that affects the human immune system, leading to a chronic, progressive sickness that leaves people susceptible to opportunistic infections. When the body no longer can fight or resist infections, the condition is at this point referred to as AIDS, which means Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Averagely, it has been found to take more than ten years to develop from initial infection of HIV to AIDS. Though simple in description, HIV and AIDS is a dangerous disease that has by now killed more than 20 million people across the world. Basing on the report released by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS, no cure for AIDS has been established to date, and currently there is no vaccine against HIV and AIDS infection. This paper therefore discusses the biology of HIV and AIDS, Back ground, modes of infection, clinical consequences, current research, preventive and modes of transmission, and diagnostic procedures specifically in N.America.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that infects the cells of human immune system, causing destruction and impairing the cellular functions. Progressive deterioration of the immune system at cellular level causes associated infection to undermine the immune system putting the patient at risk of opportunistic infections. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is the most advanced stage of HIV. AIDS is caused when HIV related cancers hit the immune system by 20 or more opportunistic infections. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) by the end of 2016, 36.7 million people (30.8-42.9 million) were living with HIV globally. Approximately 0.8% (0.7%-0.9%) adults between the age group of 18-45 were living with HIV and 76%

Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Also known as HIV leads to AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome. HIV attacks the T-cells in your immune system by using them to make copies of infected cells and destroying the original T-cell. There will soon be no active T-cells. The T-cells are important for your immune system because they help fight off infections and diseases. Without it your immune system is weak leaving you vulnerable to infections and diseases. According to Gustav Mark Gedatus in his book “HIV and AIDS,” a person without HIV has about 800-1200 T-cells for every cubic meter. As HIV keeps attacking T-cells the count decreases. When the count has become 200 or less, the disease is now AIDS.

When it comes to health issues, there is an array of them that are responsible for individual’s death. It is a fact that the United States, as well as other countries worldwide, face different causes of death that are a product of human behavior. In this case, HIV/AIDS, which is well-known as a human immunodeficiency virus has been a major concern for society and public health due to the risk factors that contribute to the transmission of such disease, and also for “ having profound social, political, psychological, and economic consequences on the community” (Peterson, 1998). Even though, HIV/AIDS represents a threat to public health due to the lack of cured, public health has addressed the issue by implementing preventive effective intervention strategies, having a positive impact on the population.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that can lead to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (About HIV/AIDS, 2015.). This is an incurable virus that has come a long way in the means of treatment and diagnosis. Testing for HIV has advanced rapidly throughout the years as scientists do more and more research on the virus. HIV is hard to detect after initial infection because antibodies for this virus take time to build up in the body before they can be detected with a common serological test. Screening tests and diagnostic tests are used to detect the presence of HIV. They can also tell you at what stage the virus may be at in the body because the test determines the ratio of CD4-cells or T-cells in your body that are infected

The inhibitors used in HIV are reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors, protease inhibitors, fusion inhibitors, and integrase inhibitors (2014, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease). Biologists and pharmacists have gotten the combination of these antiretrovirals down to a science and they are currently helping thousands of people live with HIV. We are at a point with science that antiretroviral drugs take a key role in the global effort to control the symptoms of HIV (Karim & Karim 2012). However there is new research that shows that antiretrovirals may not only help donate towards the cure of retroviruses but can be used to prevent them in the first place, particularly in cases of heterosexual partners and mother to child transmission.

HIV is a virus that develops when a non-infected person exposed by an infected person with HIV through bodily fluids. HIV in an infected person can annihilate the cells; the immune system weakens and becomes a target for other infectious illnesses. When the immune system can no longer defend itself, the infection has progressed to AIDS. People can contract HIV in many ways. HIV can spread by coming in contact with body fluids such as blood, saliva, semen, rectal and vaginal fluids, and breast milk from women who are nursing their babies. Promoting and educating