DR+HIV+hw

We are starting a unit called "Outbreak". This is a wiki assignment about HIV. PART 1 pp. 344-345 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 the immune system cells

When and where did HIV transmission in humans begin? It originated in Africa during the 1950s

When was the name AIDS coined? It was 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? Because it is not extremely infectious

Why is AIDS now considered a pandemic? Because it is prevalent in the entire human population around the globe

What percentage of new AIDS cases are in young adults ages 15 to 24? 50%

Why is this particularly hard on a country? Because these people are the backbone of the social, political, and economic structure

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? Africa, with over 15% having HIV is the highest. The highest part of the continent with HIV is the Sub-Saharan part of Africa.

PART 2 p. 352 Where do 95% of all HIV infected people live? 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? 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? Heterosexual contact

In the US, which population has 50% of all new HIV cases? African-Americans

PART 3 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.

http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2008/11/19/early-hiv-treatment-best-for-babies.html

The article talks about the debate of when to begin HIV and AIDS treatment for babies. AN estimated 500,000 infants were born with AIDS in 2006. This article talks about an experiment that was done to babies in south Africa with HIV. The doctors gave some of the babies immediately and waited for others to show symptoms until giving medication.