Aids and Humans

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Aids and Humans
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What is Aids?

• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
• Destructs bodys immune system
• Aids is caused by the virus HIV
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• Most severe manifestation of HIV
• Aids. Wikipedia. Retrieved 10 Apr. 2005
  lthttp//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDSgt

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The History

• 1959 AIDS first identified in the Belgian Congo
• 1978 Gay men in US show first signs of AIDS
• 1982 term AIDS used for first time
• 1983 Institute Pasteur finds the HIV virus
• 1985 The FDA approves the first HIV antibody
  test
• http//www.aegis.com/topics/timeline/default.asp

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The History

• 1988 US bans discrimination against federal
  workers with HIV
• 1990 Ronald Reagan apologizes for neglecting
  AIDS
• 1991 Professional basketball player Magic
  Johnson has HIV
• 1999 chimpanzees were the source of HIV virus
• http//www.avert.org/origins.htm

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Aids and Africa

• 34.3 million people in the world have AIDS
• 24.5 million in sub-Saharan Africa.
• 19 million have died from AIDS
• 3.8 million children under the age of 15
• Result of unsafe and unguarded sexual practices
• Due to illiteracy and poverty
• http//
  www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/aids/stories/overview/

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Global Consequences

• 2010 40 million AIDS orphans in Africa
• children growing up with no social structure
• fewer children attending school
• All funds from industrialized countries
• Africa dependent on other nations
• Years away from AIDS vaccine
• other options to prevent infection
• http//www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/aids/stories/over
  view/

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Transmission of Aids

• Sexual contact
• Sharing needles and/or syringes
• Blood transfusions
• Birth
• HIV and Its Transmission. Cdc.gov. Retrieved
  10 Apr. 2005 lthttp//www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts/tr
  ansmission.htmgt

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Symptoms

• Flu-like symptoms
• No symptoms
• Fever, Fatigue, Diarrhea, Skin Rashes, Night
  Sweats, Loss of appetite
• Other possible affects include
• Opportunistic infections, cancers, pneumonia, and
  tuberculosis
• This Months HIV/AIDS Facts. American Red
  Cross. Retrieved 10 Apr. 2005 lthttp//www.redcros
  s.org/services/hss/tips/signssymptoms.html

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Treatments

• Antiretroviral drugs
• Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART)
• Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
  (NRTIs)
• Protease Inhibitors (PIs)
• Fusion Inhibitors
• Approved Medications to Treat HIV Infection.
  Aids Info. Retrieved 10 Apr. 2005 lt
  http//aidsinfo.nih.gov/other/cbrochure/english/05
  _en.htmlgt

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Conclusion