Hiv infections

The human immunodeficiency infection (HIV) has claimed the lives of more than 35 million individuals since its emergence. In 2014, an estimated 3000 individuals in New Zealand was reported to be living with HIV. And, although HIV doesn 't discriminate, the brunt of this epidemic’s impact has disproportionately affected specific populaces. Men who have sex with men (MSM) have a higher probability of contracting HIV since the virus is eighteen times more communicable through anal sex when compared

listed that the top 3 causes of mortality in Nigeria are malaria, lower respiratory infections, and HIV (CDC, 2013). HIV is the third leading cause of deaths in Nigeria and account for 9% of all deaths (CDC, 2013). HIV is the virus that causes AIDS, or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. It can be contracted through the exchange of bodily fluids with another infected individual. In Nigeria, the spread of HIV occurs through high prostitution rates, unsafe sexual practices, blood transfusions,

called Vertical HIV, is a serious epidemic arising from passage of the virus to an infant from a maternal infection. The disease can have severe symptoms for the infected newborn and is almost always fatal to the child. The fetus has a 25% chance of infection while in utero and a 20% - 50% ( depending of the country) chance of infection during the birthing process although a cesarean birth significantly lowers the probability of neonatal infection. The severity of the mothers HIV infection determines

The Infection and Prevalence of HIV among Adults and Adolescents in the United States Kuljit Kaur Sidhu I.D. #16822472 Summer Session I 2015 Professor Jaime Allgood I. The Public Health Problem The United States is facing a flourishing epidemic of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections which is rapidly progressing and contributing to the rising mortality rates. HIV is an infection that is caused when a virus attacks the immune system which is the body’s

Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection is the small period of time after a person has been exposed to HIV and before they have seroconverted. Seroconversion is the process in which the body starts to create antibodies to fight the HIV virus (Pietrangelo, 2013). During this period of time, which is usually a few days, the virus replicates rapidly. The rapid replication results in extremely high amounts of HIV in the blood because the body has not had time to respond to the infection. As the viral load

HIV infections in African American Males have been a national growing problem since the early 1990’s. According to CDC, in the United States, there are more than 1 million people living with HIV. 48 percent are afro American males between the ages 13-44(CDC, 2007). It is estimated that around 1 million people in the United States will be diagnose with HIV in the up coming year with the lifetime risk of becoming infected is 1 in 16 for black males (CDC,2007). However, there is growing concern

children age 15 and under were living with AIDS at the end of 2013, according to the World Health Organization. HIV human immunodeficiency virus is the virus that causes AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The virus damages or destroys the cells of the immune system living them with some poor condition of life. They can live a regular life with a lots of medication. Children HIV-positive under the age of 13 are infected during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding. This condition you can

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REPORT OF HIV/AIDS INFECTION IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND: HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a retrovirus which infects, impairs or destroys the cells of the immune system and functions. Progression of the infection (severe immunodeficiency) leads to weaker immune system rendering an individual susceptible to more infections. These infections are termed opportunistic infections. At its most advanced phase, HIV is called AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) and characterised

Immunodeficiency Infection (HIV) Global Health Report Part one: Overview: One of the most important serious global health infection nowadays is ?acquired immunodeficiency syndrome? which is caused by HIV virus infection. The disease was discovered long time back in 1981. HIV infection is considered to be one the most important public health challenge in all countries and require global efforts (Merson, 2006). Rationale: Almost 36.9 million people are currently living with HIV infection and almost 10

HIV is a human immune virus while AIDS is acquired immunity-deficiency syndrome. From sampling, I chose HIV/AIDS to be my topic of research, based on the magnitude of the rate of infection and spread of the disease given that it is relative to behavioral and social relations of people. This topic is controversial in the sense that it 's one of the major factors responsible for the underdevelopment of most of the nations in the world. The purpose of the research and study was to identify the rate