BIOL 3070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mycobacterium, Gp41, Immunoglobulin M
8 Dec 2017
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In this topic, we"re looking at hiv/aids and the immune system. 0:09 infection leads to aids, and acquired immune deficiency syndrome is not a. 0:14 single disease but as its name suggests it"s a group of signs, symptoms, and. 0:20 diseases that collectively characterize this particular condition. 0:26 characterized by the loss of cd4 cells and deterioration of the immune system. This leads to the development of several rare or opportunistic infections. Basically hiv ravages the immune system to a point where opportunistic. 0:50 also considered to be a newly emerging disease as it was only first discovered. Currently over 35 million people are estimated to be infected, with. 1:01 approximately one third of these having already progressed to aids, and of course. 1:06 the rest are expected to do so over time. 1:11 hard-hit by this disease and with the majority of hiv-positive people living. 1:16 in low to middle-income countries, many are not receiving the antiretroviral.
