NATS 1870 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Reverse Transcriptase, Rna Virus, Sub-Saharan Africa
25 Jun 2017
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Monkeys: jump to humans in 1900"s africa. Sex: truck drivers infect prostitutes along highway cities in africa. Case study: dr. gottlieb + dan (1981) 1+ year, meaning weak immune system, weak t cells. 1967-1978 only two cases in immunocompromised patients (treated for cancer) 1981: 5 cases of pcp, dan being the fth. 1981: 26 cases of ks - not benign & very aggressive. 1. opportunistic infection: doesn"t infect people w/ healthy immune system (ex: pcp) Group: sexually interactive gay men (used nitrates -> today is viagra -> sexual arousal) Blood transfusions: drug users sell blood to hospital -> blood is contaminated. Hemophilia a: can"t make coagulation/clotting factor viii & you can bleed to death -> get contaminated blood for hospital. Aids: new name -> acquired immune de ciency syndrome. 2013: 36 m living with aids (+ 1. 5 m deaths) More than 2/3 hiv infected live here (25. 8 m)
