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testing programs. The Home Access HIV-1 Test System is a home kit that implicates a person’s finger being pricked for a sample of their blood, after the blood is sent to the lab for testing the results would be available on the next available business day. If the results are positive the lab is required to do follow up testing on the blood sample to confirm if the initial HIV result was accurate. The second type of at home HIV testing is the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test, which is used with a swab stick

HIV A person’s overall health should not be threatened due to temptation of risky sexual behavior. People with weak immune systems are in danger of contracting HIV because the progress of the virus can not be stopped. There are some people in the world that can not contract HIV because of their complex immune system. Over the years their genes have grown resistant to certain infections but their are people with very weak immune systems which makes HIV very dangerous for them HIV attaches

Lentiviruses similar to HIV have been found in a variety of primate species, and some of these are associated with a disease process called simian AIDS. Unlike other retroviruses, the primate lentiviruses are not transmitted through the germ line, and no endogenous copies of the virus exist in the genome of susceptible species.[23] Molecular epidemiologic data suggest that HIV type 1 (HIV-1), the most common subtype of HIV that infects humans, has been derived from the simian immunodeficiency virus

Diseases, infections, and viruses effect the population around the world each and every day. One of those viruses is the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or better known as HIV. HIV is a virus that attacks the immune system, causing it to become weak and vulnerable. HIV can later on turn into AIDS, or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. There is currently no known cure for HIV or AIDS, but there are treatment plans available to help prolong HIV from turning into AIDS.  There are three stages of Human

progression of the HIV virus. HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. Unlike some other viruses, the human body can’t get rid of HIV completely. According to AIDS.gov, once you have HIV, you have it for life. HIV attacks the body’s immune system, specifically the CD4 cells (T cells), which help the immune system fight off infections. If left untreated, HIV reduces the number of CD4 cells (T cells) in the body, making the person more likely to get infections or infection-related cancers.

HIV is not a new disease that everyone is talking about these days. This disease each year produces approximately 50,000 new infections and of these new infections, gay males and the black population are the two categories that produce the highest rate of infections. Overall, since the beginning of the epidemic decades ago, over 300,000 gay males have gone from HIV to AIDS and eventually have died from this disease (“HIV in the United States: At A Glance,” 2014). With this information showing

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Benji Longmore 12/12/15 HIV also known as human immunodeficiency virus is a virus that attacks the immune system, the body 's natural defense system. When someone has a weak immune system as oppose to a strong immune system the body has trouble fighting off disease. Both the virus and the infection it causes are called HIV. White blood cells are an important part of the immune system. HIV infects and destroys certain white blood cells. If too many white blood cells are

HIV is a global epidemic that has haunted our world for many years. In 1968, a 15 year old black male was hospitalized and died from complications of Kaposi Sarcoma. This is the earliest diagnosis of HIV in North America. The purpose of this paper is to identify Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and describe its history, character, determinants, epidemiological triangle, and demographic of interest. Within this document the reader will learn the community health nurses’ role in case finding, reporting

HIV 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,

and nurse entering the room. They tell the patient that they have finished running the tests and the results are back and her T-cell count is extremely low. She asks them what may have caused this and that 's when she is hit with the news, she has HIV, a virus that attacks the immune system and if left untreated could lead to AIDS. Her mind starts to race as she lays back down hoping this is just a horrible dream. Throughout this paper we