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1
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What type of white blood cell is involved in tissue specific immunity?

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Monocyte

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What type of white blood cell deals with large parasites?

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Eosinophil

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What type of white blood cell deals with infection?

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Basophil

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What type of white blood cell deals with viruses and tumour cells?

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Lymphocyte

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What type of white blood cell deals with bacteria and fungi?

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Neutrophil

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What type of cells does HIV infect?

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CD4 cells

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What is a NAAT?

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Nucleic acid amplification test

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What is a HIV p24 antigen?

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The protein that makes up mostof the HIV caspid

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How long is the acute infection stage on average?

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3 months

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How long is the clinical latency period on average?

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10 years

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How long does a person have AIDs on average?

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1-3 years

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What is clinical latency?

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HIV replication eventually slows down within the body, although it never actually stops

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What are the symptoms of acute infection?

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fever, headache, fatigue, and swollen lymph glands

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What are the symptoms of AIDs?

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rapid weight loss, night sweats, extreme fatigue, swollen lymph glands, chronic diarrhea, sores in your mouth, anus or genitals, pneumonia, brown or purplish lesions on your skin or in your mouth, memory loss and depression.

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What are common opportunistic infections?

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Candida, Kaposi’s sarcoma, Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia

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16
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Where do you get HIV from?

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Rectal fluid, semen, vaginal fluid, breast milk, blood

17
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How many people are diagnosed with HIV per day?

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6000

18
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What is used to treat HIV?

A

ART

19
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What is ART?

A

It is a combination of three different medicines that is often taken as a single tablet and must be taken everyday to be of maximum benefit

20
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Why would a HIV positive person take drug resistance test?

A

To see if the HIV is receptive to the drugs

21
Q

Why are water based lubricants safer?

A

Oil based lubricants are more likely to make a condom break

22
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What is seroconversion?

A

time period during which a specific antibody develops and becomes detectable in the blood

23
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What is vertical transmission?

A

When a mother passes HIV to her child

24
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What is the most common way to pass on HIV?

A

Anal intercourse

25
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What is the second most common way to pass on HIV?

A

Vaginal intercourse

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