HIV infection mechanism Flashcards
AIDS is caused by
HIV
HIV infects and destroys
CD4 T cells
- important for antibody response
AIDS was originally called
GRID
when first reconised
1980s in the US in intravenous drug users and gay men with no apparent cause for impaired immunity but who showed symptoms of Pneumocytstics carniii pneumonia (PCP)
how many people infected per year in us
50,000
how many deaths globally since 8s
39+ mill
2 mill new cases in
2014
how many people infected in sub-saharan africa
2/3
how many infected in asia
1/5th
most aids is caused by
HIV-1
HLR-DR stands for
Human Leukocyte Antigen - antigen D Related
HLR-DR acts as
ligands for TCRs
where did HIV originate
southern cameroon from a simian immunodeficiency virus
SIV
simian immunodeficiency virus
- a retrovirus that infects non-human primates
how was SIVcpz intruded into human
through bushmeat activities with subsequent mutation into HIV- required one or more high risk transmission channels for human to human spread
why were these transmission channels absent in africa prior to 20th century
growth of large Colonial African cities led to societal changes such as prostitution (increasing frequency of STDs- e.g. syphilis) that allowed sexually transmitted infection.
earliest documented case of HIV in the congo
1959
origin of AIDS pandemic traced back to
1920 in city of Kinshasa in Congo
Pneumocystis pneumonia
a form of pneumoniaa caused by yeast like fungus - Pneumocystis jiroveciii