BPK 140 Chapter 11: Sexually Transmitted Infections

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Direct contact, exchange of body fluids are main modes of transmission. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) first case in canada reported in. Research pointed to human immunosuppressive virus (hiv) as the cause. Believed to have started in central africa where infected primates transmitted it to humans by biting them. Hiv is a name of a pathogen, test a person by analyzing thier blood for the presence of antibodies to hiv = "hiv positive" Aids is a later stage of hiv infection. Having a t cell count below 200 (type of white blood cell important to the immune system response to pathogens) Having one or more of some 15 specific opportunistic infections. Hiv weakens the immune system which allows rare infections to occur. Opportunistic infection is the cause of death from aids. Virus enter body cells, making copies of them and destroys the host cell in the process.

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