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Antiretrovirals Have New Found Eses in the Fight Against Retroviruses Diana Bilow 22 October 2014 Retroviruses are a specific type of virus that carry their genetic blueprint in the form of RNA as opposed to DNA like all other cellular organisms and viruses. They contain a unique enzyme known as reverse transcriptase that reverses the process of DNA transcription by turning RNA into DNA and the reverse transcriptase allows it to disguise itself permanently into the DNA genome of an infected cell

slowing its progression such as antiretroviral therapy, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), AZT + 3TC, and Interferon. These are the most commonly known to make an impact on infected individuals, but they are far from perfect. Antiretroviral therapy has been extolled as the most effective way of suppressing the disease. It is efficacious in lowering viremia in the blood stream as well as lowering the HIV replication to undetectable levels. Highly antiretroviral therapy, although similar to

age group, and in 2012, the highest rate of new HIV diagnosis was in 20-24-year age group (1). An estimated 9,961 youth were diagnosed with HIV in 2013, representing 21% of the 47,352 people diagnosed that year (22). Though the combination of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is highly effective for both the prevention (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, PrEP) and the treatment of HIV infection, it requires daily or nearly daily doses for an extended period (2). This long-term daily dose significantly reduces

of Islam promoted the ineffective AIDS drug Kermon as a nostrum to the black community. Kermon was introduced in the 1990’s after a clinical trial study conducted by the Kenyan Medical Research Institution, and published results from the study concluded that the drug improved the health of AIDS patients and even resulted in some patients “sero-reverting” to an HIV-negative status (Nattrass 2012). In conclusion, HIV scientists being skeptical about the drug due to the inconsistencies within the clinical

when working with clients who have HIV/AIDS because some clients may have trouble adhering to treatment, while others may not have an issue at all. 2. Drug resistance is described as something that occurs when a virus stops responding to a drug. It is important to understand drug resistance when working with clients who have HIV/AIDS because drug resistance can occur at any time during treatment. If therapy does not completely suppress HIV replication, the virus can produce mutations that can duplicate

What are scientists trying to doing to treat HIV? The Problem: The epidemic of Human Immunodeficiency Virus began in the early 1980’s and was thought to be a homosexual related disease, as only homosexuals where reported as having the virus during the early stages of discovering HIV/AIDS. It’s believed that a virus similar to HIV first occurred in some populations of chimpanzees in Africa, the virus crossed species by exposure of body fluids mixing, during butchering or cooking of the animals(2)

Introduction: Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a pandemic which infects the human immune system with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).1 The term HIV/AIDS describes the entire cascade and progression of disease from the initial infection with HIV to the later, more severe stage of AIDS. It is a global pandemic that affects 35 million people (2013) worldwide and 35, 287 people in Australia. 2,3 Dentists need to be acknowledgeable of

started the better The longer the wait, the less chance of it being effective. But the description is not accurate. PEP is a month-long treatment, which has serious side effects and is not guaranteed to work. The treatment involves taking the same drugs prescribed to people who have tested positive for HIV. If you are diagnosed with HIV, you will have regular blood tests to monitor the progress of the virus before starting treatment. You

Research Paper: AIDS Did you know that in the United States of America the sixth leading cause of death in people from their mid 20’s through their mid 40’s is AIDS (Zuger, 2010)? AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and is a disease derived from the virus known as Human Immunodeficiency Virus. The immune system gets broken down when someone has AIDS and it is basically the highest form of HIV. When a person has HIV, the CD4 cells get infected and start to deteriorate and once the

and this is stressing me a lot because I want to get married but I could not because he will fall sick. I love him, yet I could tell him I 'm positive. Even when I am with my friend, we go dancing, chat, sometimes we pray, but I don’t move with my drugs because I don’t trust them much with status.” According to Natalia Matovu Sharh, people living with HIV/AIDS are associated with discrimination from the society and family members because they believe the disease will bring shame to the social and