of the study Human Immune-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) remains incurable and devastates many communities and nations. Since the first reported case in the United State in 1981‚ it has spread unremittingly to virtually every country in the world. The number of people living with HIV virus has risen from about 10 million in 1991 to 33 million in 2007. In the same year‚ there were 2.7 million infections and 2 million HIV related death. Globally‚ about 45% of new infections
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| Youssef Habib | | Bio 11 Mr. Taekama | [The Use of AZT as Medication for Patients with HIV/AIDS | Observing and researching the ethical and social views on the controversial issue of using AZT as a medication for the patients that have HIV and/or AIDS | History of AZT as a treatment for HIV * AZT was first discovered (first synthesized) by Jerome P. Horwitz‚ Who works for the Michigan Cancer Foundation in Detroit. * AZT was discovered in the early 1960’s when the ‘war on
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HIV Infection Definition HIV infection is a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The condition gradually destroys the immune system‚ which makes it harder for the body to fight infections. Most people infected with HIV eventually develop AIDS. These individuals mostly die from opportunistic infections or malignancies associated with the progressive failure of the immune system. HIV progresses to AIDS at a variable rate affected by viral‚ host‚ and environmental factors;
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caused by a virus called HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). First of all‚ HIV is caused by having sex through unprotected sex with a person who has infected by HIV. HIV may be transmitted through unprotected heterosexual or homosexual‚ vaginal‚ anal‚ or oral sex. The main routes of transmission are unprotected vaginal and anal sex. Besides that‚ one can be infected with HIV through blood transmission. Sharing needles and reusing syringes that contaminated with HIV-infected blood may cause
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Kamlesh Bind PGDM –IB ( 08) 1. What are the pros and cons of Anglo American’s adoptions of a strategy in combating HIV/AIDS among its South African workforce ? What recommendation would you give the company concerning its HIV / AIDS policy ? Ans :- Anglo American had a huge investment in South Africa and was hard hit by the HIV / AIDS epidemic . It was one of the first corporation to develop a comprehensive‚ proactive strategy to combat the ravages of the disease on its
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DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH Just like most Americans HIV never really crossed my mind until someone I know had been diagnosed with the deadly disease. This person I know was just like any other person until they became a “junkie” and their sexual preferences had changed. According to studies the use of dirty needles and having multiple sex partners increases the risk of contracting a disease significantly. HIV is among the highest contracted infection in the United States‚ in Georgia there have been
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estimates that 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV and nearly one in five of those are not aware that they are infected (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus that causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is an infection that slowly destroys the immune system‚ which makes it difficult for the body to fight off infections. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a communicable disease transmitted through
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No one has solid evidence on how the HIV virus initially originated‚ however if you asked your physician where HIV originated he or she will probably tell you the epidemic started when monkeys or chimps in the African bush transferred the HIV virus to a person while butchering the primate’s meat for food or through an animal bite. This theory was accepted without question and was so universally popular that it became the facts in the minds of most people. We know that the virus has existed in the
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Volume 25 Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas‚ 2013 The HIV Surveillance Report is published annually by the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention‚ National Center for HIV/AIDS‚ Viral Hepatitis‚ STD‚ and TB Prevention‚ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)‚ U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚ Atlanta‚ Georgia. Data are presented for diagnoses of HIV infection reported to CDC through June 2014. The HIV Surveillance Report is not copyrighted and may
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Caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‚ AIDS leaves an infected person vulnerable to opportunistic infections—infection by microbes that take advantage of a weakened immune system. Such infections are usually harmless in healthy people but can prove life-threatening to people with AIDS. Although there is no cure for AIDS‚ new drugs are available that can prolong the life spans and improve the quality of life of infected people. Transmission of HIV—the AIDS-causing virus—occurs most commonly
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