PUBHLTH 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Clinical Infectious Diseases, Immunodeficiency, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Hiv stands for human immunodeficiency virus, in which the virus attacks the immune system, destroying specifically the cd4 cells by replicating itself in the white cells. It gradually breaks down a person"s immune system thus meaning, those who aren"t receiving treatment, will find it harder to fight off any infections or diseases till it becomes completely destroyed. Currently 71 million worldwide has been infected, and. It has created a negative connotation to itself, effect those who have it to be embarrassed and feel shunned because they won"t be socially accepted. The earliest case of hiv evidence dated back to 1959 in kinshasa at the. A man was mysteriously infected and sources weren"t able to detect was it was. From his blood sample, scientists were able to conclude that hiv-1 might have rose from in the later 1940s or so the early 1950s. States, hiv was stemmed until the mid 1970"s. The name was later changed and shortened to hiv.
