HIV+JO

PART 1 pp. 344-345
 * HIV**

It is not extremely infectious so it took some time to spread and be recognizable. (they were more likely to be diagnosed at leukemia patients) adults:(sub-saharan africa): 20%prevalence: 6.1% Where do 95% of all HIV infected people live?**live in developing, poor, low-to middle-income, countries. Lack of antiviral drugs and other health and educational services. ages 20-50 make up the most deaths. 47% of all that are living with the disease are women. sexual intercourse and drug needles. 50% african americans Find an article published in the last six months that talks about the prevalence or rates of HIV infection in the US or abroad. Put a link to the article here and summarize in 75-100 words.**
 * What does AIDS stand for?**Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
 * What does HIV stand for?**Human immunodeficiency virus**What is an opportunistic infection?**One that has the opportunity to occur only because the immune system is severely weakened.
 * What is the relationship between HIV and opportunistic infections?**HIV destroys cells of the immune system, namely the helper T cells and macrophages. this lowers the bodies ability to fight off infection, creating an opportunity.
 * When and where did HIV transmission in humans begin?**1959 in Africa. (what is known today as the Dominican Republic of the Congo) It started in monkeys and spread to humans when they started consuming the primates.
 * When was the name AIDS coined?**coined in 1982
 * Why did it take several decades for the number of AIDS cases to increase to a point that AIDS became recognizable as a specific disease?**
 * Why is AIDS now considered a pandemic?**it is pandemic because it is now prevalent in the entire human population around the globe. approx. 36.3 million adults and 2.3 million children infected)
 * What percentage of new AIDS cases are in young adults ages 15 to 24?**nearly 50%
 * Why is this particularly hard on a country?**at those ages they are the backbone of a nation's social, political, and economical structure and stability.
 * Which continent has the highest percentage of people living with HIV? What is the adult percentage of people living with HIV in that continent? Which part of this continent have the highest prevalence rates?**highest percentage continent: africa
 * PART 2 p. 352
 * Why is the death rate so how in these countries?**
 * What fraction of people in these countries were unaware of they had HIV? Why is that frightening? Why do you think that is the case?**an estimated 65 million are infected and unaware. It is frightening because the less people we know about the more likely it will be able to spread. it is the reason there are ads telling us to get tested, so we cant find ways to prevent spreading. No one wants to know that they have a deadly disease, or even those that do know dont want to change their lives for the disease so they will keep it a secret.
 * In these countries, who is dying? The young or the old? Is there much difference between the number of men vs. women that die?**
 * In most parts of the world, what is the primary way that HIV is spread?**
 * In the US, which population has 50% of all new HIV cases?**
 * PART 3