INTC 2P97 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Subtypes Of Hiv, Sooty Mangabey, Aids
11 Dec 2016
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Hiv: human immunodeficiency virus: hiv positive, and hiv negative. Cd4: molecule/marker used for virus to enter cell. Syndrome: collection of symptoms and signs of a disease. Aids is a syndrome, rather than a single disease because it is a complex illness with side range of complications and symptoms. Opportunist infections: opportunist infections are signs of declining immune system. Most life threatening opportunistic infections occur when the. Cd4 count is below 200 cells/mm3: opportunist infections are the most common cause of death for people with hiv/aids. Made of rna (a double strand, which is very odd) A (cid:862)retro-virus: because it has to do things in reverse. Smart in the way it replicates and lives. Integrates into our genome- inserts itself inside the chromosome. If someone has an sti, they are more likely to get, or pass on the virus. Also (cid:272)alled a (cid:862)le(cid:374)ti-(cid:448)irus(cid:863) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s the(cid:455) are slo(cid:449) i(cid:374) repli(cid:272)ati(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d causing disease.
