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HIV VIRUS

The HIV virus that causes AIDS is said to have originated from non-human primates i .e . monkeys and chimpanzees in sub-Saharan Africa and was later transferred into humans in the late 19th century . It is thus proposed that the origin of HIV is the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV ) which affects monkeys given those strains of SIV found in monkeys and chimpanzees corresponds with those of HIV-1 and HIV-2 respectively and that it was transferred to human through Zoonosis . The spread of HIV

br from West Africa was concurrent with the development of colonial cities (Emlet , 20 . AIDS has become a pandemic due its high rate of mutation or variation making it escape thus rendering drug therapy ineffective Additionally , developing countries are facing a rapid and uncontrolled spread of AIDS . This is attributed to ignorance , poverty and traditions which makes majority of these people to indulge in unprotected sexual behaviors thus facilitating the high rate of spread of the virus

HIV is a retrovirus which is part of lentivirus that attacks ' the immune system and they take a long time before they can produce any adverse effects in the body where it stays in a latent form . Acquired Immune Deficiency (AIDS ) is a condition that sets in when the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV ) has killed many T-helper cells in the white cells resulting to lower immune system which cannot resist infections The characteristics of the virus are that they have many strains and mutates rapidly...

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