12 hiv disease and aids
the vast majority of HIV/AIDS cases in the world today are found in
Europe
An effective HIV vaccine is difficult to produce, primarily because
HIV mutates frequently.
which of the following exposures represents the greatest risk for acquiring HIV?
a blood splash from an HIV-infected individual onto intact skin
The immune system disorder associated with HIV is
deficiency of T-helper lymphocytes.
HIV virus is called retrovirus because it
enters the cell in a reverse fashion through the CD4 receptor
An HIV-positive patient is hospitalized for evaluation of symptoms of progressive weakness, dyspnea, weight loss, and low-grade fever. A biopsy of lung tissue reveals Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. This diagnosis means that the patient
has AIDS.
long term survival of individuals with hiv infection is associated with all of the following except
high CD4 cell count
protease inhibitors work by
inhibiting protein splicing viral assembly and maturation
which of the following HIV-positive individuals would appropriately be given the diagnosis of AIDS?
one with Pnuemocystis jiroveci pneumonia
some people are resistant to HIV infection because
their immune system are stronger
the HIV virus is know to mutate frequently within an infected individual.
this is because the virus is trying to escape immune detection