HIV clinical Flashcards
1
Q
increasing factors for clinical transmission
A
deep injury, visible blood on device, intravascular device, terminally ill source patient
2
Q
__ tests are negative until 4-6 weeks after infection
A
antibody tests
3
Q
antiretroviral drug loads (reccomended)
A
2 classes of drugs, 3 medications (often 2 nucleoside reverse transcriptase and one other class)
4
Q
acute retroviral syndrome symptoms
A
fever, arthralia/myalgia, anorexia, rash lymphadenopathy, fatigue, pharyngitis/oral ulcers
5
Q
during ___ phase, 8-22 times more infectious
A
acute retroviral syndrome (acute phase)
5
Q
____ tests detect infection after 10-14 days
A
antigen tests (HIv viral load RNA PRR)
6
Q
detects infection 9 days earlier than antibody, later han HIV/RNA test (antigen)
A
combination HIV antibody antigen
