HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS OR HIV -ay isang lentivirus (na kasapi ng pamilyang retrovirus) na nagsasanhi ng acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS o nakukuhang kakulangan ng immunong sindroma)‚ Ang AIDS ay isang kondisyon sa mga tao kung saan ang patuloy ng pagkabigo o paghina ng sistemang immuno ay pumapayag sa mga nakapanganganib sa buhay na mga oportunistikong mga impeksiyon na manaig. History HIV-1 from chimpanzees and gorillas to humans Scientists generally accept that the known
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“ Raging fevers‚ clotting‚ spurts of blood‚ and terminal shock” are some of the symptoms that frightened people who didn’t want to get the Marburg virus (Preston 36). These are just some of the symptoms people experienced in Germany in 1967. Marburg was discovered in a factory called the Behring Works. This factory used the kidney cells of African green monkeys to produce vaccines for polio. The marburg virus had been discovered after a shipment of green monkeys had been brought from Uganda. These
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killing viruses‚ the Ebola virus. Have you ever wondered how it infects people‚ how the victims are treated‚ and how they are working to control the outbreaks. These are just some of the many questions about this deadly disease that could soon turn into an epidemic. The Ebola virus is a member of the negative strand RNA virus‚ also known as flivoviruses. Filovirus causes hemorrhagic fevers in humans‚ but there are only 2 known members of the filovirus so far; Ebola and Marburg virus. There are four different
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Rotten Blood Critic Shannon Winnubst says‚ “The collective nightmare AIDS performs some of our worst cultural anxieties about desire‚ fear‚ and aggression; about gender‚ sexuality‚ and race; about history‚ bodies‚ and violence.” As unpleasant as it is to deal with AIDS Patients (vampires)‚ when a crime results in bloodshed‚ the blood left behind functions as evidence for investigators (people). A bloodstain pattern analyst (people stereotypes) can’t simply glance at drips and smears of blood and immediately
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BIO204 02-25-13 Discussion One Topic(s): Each year the influenza virus will infect anywhere between 5-20% of our Nations population and upwards of 200‚000 will become hospitalized for further treatments from complications. Most cases can occur between the months of October through May among those January and February is the peak months of the flu season. People most at risk of complications are the elderly above 65 years or older‚ children younger than 2 years old‚ and anyone who have chronic
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Introduction A bacteriophage is a virus that infects bacteria. A type of bacteriophage is bacteriophage lambda. This specific bacteriophage infects E. Coli. It is composed of protein and double stranded DNA ¡VdsDNA). The DNA of the phage contains around 50‚000 base pairs and codes for 50 proteins. At both ends of the DNA of the phage‚ there are cohesive ends‚ which are composed of 12 nucleotides. Both ends compliment each other‚ which makes the DNA circular once together. This circular DNA
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The Ebola virus can take anywhere between two to twenty-one days before showing symptoms‚ and two weeks before a positive test concludes that an individual has the infectious virus. Should we believe that mandatory testing is the answer? Quarantining individuals is a temporary method to control and lower the risk of spreading the virus. Ebola‚ the highly contagious and deadly disease that has no known cure and is a threat to today’s society‚ continues to kill thousands. When the virus first broke
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Preston works with its main goal of educating society on the disturbing topic of the Ebola virus. It attempts and adequately completes its goal to reveal the terrifying truth of the origins of this deadly virus to the whole of society. It is due to the fact that the Ebola Virus is both highly deadly as well as an infectious disease that it comes as no surprise that it is classified as an exotic “hot” virus. While the book takes place in and discusses many different places‚ the book’s main focus is
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Blood Components Normally‚ 7-8% of human body weight is from blood. In adults‚ this amounts to 4.5-6 quarts of blood. This essential fluid carries out the critical functions of transporting oxygen and nutrients to our cells and getting rid of carbon dioxide‚ ammonia‚ and other waste products. In addition‚ it plays a vital role in our immune system and in maintaining a relatively constant body temperature. Blood is a highly specialized tissue composed of more than 4‚000 different kinds of
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backyard?” The Zika virus is a virus that can take down a whole town. The zika virus is spread rapidly by mosquitoes; history shows the symptoms and treatment are very limited. In 1947 the zika virus started in a forest called Uganda’s zika forest. The scientist did think it would come back‚ but in the summer of 2016 the virus came back. He virus started in Brazil and now spreading to Rio and now is going to Latin America. The invasion in Brazil was started a year ago. The virus is one of the worst
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