hiv/aids

: HIV /AIDS

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: language : HIV /AIDS . should include accurate of the disease that can be understood by a common person without a medical background . Historical aspects of the disease cause course , signs symptoms , treatment , prognosis and specific case histories . At least 3 references must be presented in a bibliography . References / books , or magazines . must be 4 pgs . But not longer than 8

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV ) is a virus that attacks the body 's defense mechanism (immune system , destroying it and makes it difficult

br for the body to fight infection . The virus mainly attacks of certain white blood cells known as `T-lymphocytes or `CD-4 ' cells resulting in the destruction of the immune system . The individual develops flu-like symptoms following infection with the HIV virus (usually within 4 to 8 weeks , known as `acute HIV infection . However , the body takes about 2 to 3 months to produce antibodies against the virus . The individual then develops a stage in which the infection does not cause any signs and symptoms and is known as `asymptomatic HIV infection . Slowly symptoms begin to develop and this stage is known as `symptomatic HIV infection . Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS ) is a condition that occurs in the final stages of HIV infection , and is considered to be the most serious expression of the disease . It develops if the individual does not make an effort to undergo treatment with HAART agents . Due to severe destruction of the immune system , the body is unable to fight infection . It usually takes several years for an individual affected with HIV to develop full-blown AIDS . For a person to be diagnosed with AIDS , the CD-4 Count should fall below 200 Individuals suffering from AIDS , typically develop serious opportunistic infections and cancers , affecting various parts of the body (Gandhi 2006 CDC , 2007

The first case of HIV /AIDS was reported in the year 1981 , in a gay youth belonging to New York . He was affected with several opportunistic infections and cancers . Following this , many cases of HIV /AIDS was reported in several members of the gay population belonging to several US cities such as San Francisco , Los Angeles , etc . During the early portion of the 1980 's , HIV /AIDS was reported in hemophiliacs , drug users , recipients of blood from infected people , sex workers , etc . They virus was isolated in the year 1985 , and in the same year blood tests were devised to help detect the presence of the virus in the body Although , seemingly HIV /AIDS first originated in the US in the year 1981 , current data suggests that in the year 1959 , an adult man belonging to the Bantu tribe of Congo , suffered from symptoms of HIV Some data present , even suggests that HIV infection was in the US as early as the 1950 's . During the 1980 's and the 1990 's , HIV /AIDS infection was transmitted throughout the world , and the developing countries seemed to suffer the most...