Cytomegalovirus

1. Throughout the Age of AIDS film many topics that were related to AIDS were brought up that I did not know anything about before. I did not know that there could so many strings attached to a disease and have such an influence in people’s lives whether it was negative or positive. The first scene in the movie I thought was powerful was the scene where kids with HIV were forced to leave school due to the fear of the parents and the ignorance they had back then about not understanding how HIV were

In 1981 an epidemic occurred that affected mostly homosexual men. The first few cases came in with a rare type of pneumonia. The virus would be known as HIV and the disease would be later called AIDS. In the same year Elizabeth Glaser contracted the virus through a blood transfusion. She took a stand for the people who lived with AIDS by creating a research foundation, speaking out in interviews and wanting everyone to have health care she was not only able to bring awareness to the disease her foundation

Liz Soto Dr. Calderon Biology 1A Lab 10/17/16 HIV/AIDS HIV which stands for human immunodeficiency virus is a virus that attacks the human infection fighting CD4 cells of the immune system. AIDS which stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, is the most advanced stage of the HIV infection. If HIV is left untreated it leads up to AIDS, and that is when the immune system is too weak to fight off infections or even certain cancers. HIV is spread through certain body fluids such as blood, semen

If I diagnosed with HIV, I would go through the five stages of loss and grief. Nobody wants to be infected with HIV because we all are aware of HIV infection so, it is very normal to experience a grief and loss. Stage 1- (Denial and Isolation): “ My first reaction would be denying the reality which is normal reponse to avoid the shocking situation” (Axelrod, 2014). After denial person withdraw from his/ her normal behavior and social activities and becomes isolated. Stage 2- (Anger): Second stage

Cytomegalovirus: Ubiquitous and Underdiagnosed The cytomegalovirus is in the herpesviridae family of over one hundred known herpes viruses. In this family, only eight infect humans. Of these eight, the further classification into three subfamilies stems from what type of tissue that the virus invades, infects, and that symptoms display. The cytomegalovirus is considered to be in the second subfamily, attacking the immune system on a cellular level (Fagerberg, Smith, & Grimes, 2013). This

Zika virus emerges in America and all over the world causing severe brain damage in newborn babies. Brazil is the most affected country. Specialists in Brazil and Dr. William Dobyns believe there is a definite link between brain birth defects and Zika infections in Brazil, even though it has not been yet established. Particularly, babies born with abnormally small heads and at least two standard deviations below the mean age and sex, have the condition called microcephaly. Most of the time, microcephaly

rubella is an infection that causes mild Flu-like symptoms and a rash on the skin. iii. C stands for Cytomegalovirus. Its causative agent is Human Herpesvirus 5. According to pedclerk.bsd.uchicago.edu Cytomegalovirus is transmitted through contact with bodily fluids (urine or saliva), Trans placenta, perinatal contact with vagina, during delivery or breast milk after delivery Cytomegalovirus is a viral infection that occurs especially in young children. This occurs when the infection is passed

grow the infection and give birth to an infant who is seriously infected and displays the congenital faults such as hearing problems along with blindness.[3] DNA virus belonging to the herpes group is the main cause of the infection named as Cytomegalovirus

EBV (Epstein Barr Virus) also known as Gamma herpes Virus – 1, is amongst a large family of approximately 100 herpes virus, 8 of these are known to infect humans. These are Cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus -1 and -2, varicella-zoster virus, human herpes virus 6 (variant A and B), human herpes virus 7, kaposi’s sarcoma (human herpes virus 8) and EBV (gamma Herpes Virus -1). All of these are classified into 3 different subfamilies known as alpha, beta and gamma dependant on the specificity of

behavioral variations and a steady decline in cognitive function; central nervous system lymphomas, cancerous tumors that either start in the brain or arise from a cancer that has spread from another location in the body; cryptococcal meningitis; cytomegalovirus infections; herpes virus infections; neuropathy; neurosyphilis; progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML); and psychological and