HIV and AIDS Flashcards
aids stands for
acquire immune deficiency syndrome
what causes aids
HIH
basic disease causing mechanism of HIV
destroys CD4T cells
originally caled
GRID
first recognised clinically in US in the
1980s in intravenous drug users and gay men who showed symptoms of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP)
PCP
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
how many infected per yer in US
50,000
how many deaths globally since 1980
39 millionn
how many new cases in 2014
2 million
how many people receiving ART in 2015
15 million
2/4 infected
from sub-saharan africa
1/5
in asia
vast majority of AIDs is caused by
HIV 1
Pneumonocystis pneumoniia
is a form of pneumonia caused by yeast-like fungi Pneumocystis jirovecii
Pneumocystis is commonly found
in the lungs of healthy people
PCP is a
opportunistic pathogen
where is PCP especially seen
people with cancer, undergoing chemo
HIC/AIDS
Immunosuppressants
where did HIV-1 originate from
southern cameroon
what dud HIV-1 originate from
simian immunodeficiency virus
simian immunodeficiency virus
is a retrovirus
how was SIV introduced into humans
through bushmeat activities with
subsequent mutation into HIV
transmission of disease from one species to another requires
one or more high-risk transmission channels for human to human spread
what channel was created (absent prior to 20th century)
growth of colonial african cities- societal changes such as prostitution
advent of prostitution lead to
increased frequency of STDs (genital ulcers e..g syphilis) that allowed sexually transmitted infection
earliest document case of HIV
1959
though to have been in the US as early as
1966
origin of aids pandemic traced back to
1920s in Kinshasa (congo)
structure of HIV
- lipid membrane
- docking glycoproteins
- transmembrane glycoproteins
- HLAClass I, DR
- HLAClass II, DR