Immunology: HIV Flashcards
Pathogenesis:
What is the very basic aetiology of HIV?
Epidemiology:
How many people are living with HIV and how many have died from AIDS?
Epidemiology:
How many people are infected with HIV each day?
Epidemiology:
How is HIV transmitted and how does it gain entry to cells?
Pathogenesis:
What is the innate response to HIV?
Pathogenesis:
What is the adaptive response to HIV?
Pathogenesis:
How does HIV damage the immune response?
Life cycle:
What is the life cycle of HIV?
Natural history:
What is the natural history of HIV?
Natural history:
Outline the changes in Mucosal CD4 T cells, CD4 T cell counts in blood, Viremia and Immune activation in HIV over weeks, years and months.
Diagnosis:
What is the screening test and confirmation test for HIV?
Diagnosis:
What investigations happen after diagnosis?
Treatment:
What is the current treatment of HIV?
Treatment:
What is HIV treatment in Pregnancy?
(Also called AZT, an NRTI that acts as a Thymidine analogue)
Treatment:
What are the limitations of HAART?
Treatment:
Outline the treatment diagram for HIV
HIV Treatment:
What are the examples and side effects of Fusion inhibitors?
HIV Treatment:
What are the examples and side effects of Attachment inhibitors?
HIV Treatment:
What are the examples and side effects of Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI)?
“DAZZLES TEC”
- Didanosine
- Abacavir
- Zalcitabine
- Zidovudine
- Lamivudine
- Emtricitabine
- Stavudine
- Trizivir
- Epzicom
- Combivir
HIV Treatment:
What are the examples and side effects of Non-NRTI?
HIV Treatment:
What are the examples and side effects of Integration inhibitors?
HIV Treatment:
What are the examples and side effects of Protease inhibitors?
“FINALS RA”
- Fosampernavir
- Indinavir
- Nelfinavir
- Amprenavir
- Lopinavir
- Saquinavir
- Ritonavir
- Amprenavir
HIV Treatment:
What are the examples and side effects of Nucleotide RTI?
