Infectious Disease Assignment
I. Etiological agent
Human immunodeficiency virus
II. Common Symptoms of HIV infection
Fatigue, fever, diarrhea, swollen Lymph nodes, muscle soreness and joint pain, frequent vaginal yeast infections, sore throat, headache, and skin rash (Dugdale, 2012, p. 1).
III. The Mode of Transmission
HIV infection can be transmitted when blood, semen, or vaginal fluids from an infected person enter another persons body (Kaletra, 2013, p. 1) through:
a. Sexual contact
b. Infected needles or syringes can be contaminated with blood
d. Mother to child through birth or breastfeeding
IV. Intermediary hosts involved in the life cycle humans, before the infection is spread to other people
V. Vectors Involved for Transmission people VI. Appropriate interventions that will break the chain-of-infection practice safe sex (WebMD, 2011, p. 1).
a. always use condoms
b. know if your partner has had a past sex history that could put you at risk reduce the number of your sexual partners (ideally to one) medicines available to reduce the risk of getting HIV (WebMD, 2011, p. 1).
Be honest with your partner if you have HIV before putting them at risk
Work Cited
Dugdale, D. (2012, May 30). HIV Infection. Retrieved February 17, 2014, from Medline Plus website: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000602.htm
HIV Infection. (2011, October 17). Retrieved February 15, 2014, from WebMD website: http://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/tc/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-topic-overview
What Is HIV? (2013, February 26). Retrieved February 15, 2014, from Kaletra website: http://www.kaletra.com/what-is-hiv/default.aspx?cid=ppc_ppd_kal_ggl_kal_8755
Human immunodeficiency virus
II. Common Symptoms of HIV infection
Fatigue, fever, diarrhea, swollen Lymph nodes, muscle soreness and joint pain, frequent vaginal yeast infections, sore throat, headache, and skin rash (Dugdale, 2012, p. 1).
III. The Mode of Transmission
HIV infection can be transmitted when blood, semen, or vaginal fluids from an infected person enter another persons body (Kaletra, 2013, p. 1) through:
a. Sexual contact
b. Infected needles or syringes can be contaminated with blood
d. Mother to child through birth or breastfeeding
IV. Intermediary hosts involved in the life cycle humans, before the infection is spread to other people
V. Vectors Involved for Transmission people VI. Appropriate interventions that will break the chain-of-infection practice safe sex (WebMD, 2011, p. 1).
a. always use condoms
b. know if your partner has had a past sex history that could put you at risk reduce the number of your sexual partners (ideally to one) medicines available to reduce the risk of getting HIV (WebMD, 2011, p. 1).
Be honest with your partner if you have HIV before putting them at risk
Work Cited
Dugdale, D. (2012, May 30). HIV Infection. Retrieved February 17, 2014, from Medline Plus website: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000602.htm
HIV Infection. (2011, October 17). Retrieved February 15, 2014, from WebMD website: http://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/tc/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-topic-overview
What Is HIV? (2013, February 26). Retrieved February 15, 2014, from Kaletra website: http://www.kaletra.com/what-is-hiv/default.aspx?cid=ppc_ppd_kal_ggl_kal_8755
Cited: Dugdale, D. (2012, May 30). HIV Infection. Retrieved February 17, 2014, from Medline Plus website: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000602.htm HIV Infection. (2011, October 17). Retrieved February 15, 2014, from WebMD website: http://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/tc/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-topic-overview What Is HIV? (2013, February 26). Retrieved February 15, 2014, from Kaletra website: http://www.kaletra.com/what-is-hiv/default.aspx?cid=ppc_ppd_kal_ggl_kal_8755