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HIV has RNA not DNA, meaning it is retrovirus

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HIV has the capacity to enter a cell and then use its host to replicate itself. It does this by transcribing its RNA into the DNA of the host cell. After this occurs, the cell will translate and transcribe viral genes along with its own. Once a cell is infected, it becomes a factory for producing copies of the virus.

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-must come into the bloodstream either through injection or a mucus membrane.
-only be passed through blood, semen, anal fluids, vaginal fluids and breast milk
-used transmitted through sex or needle sharing

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CDC’s HIV BasicsDate last updated: May 15, 2017. “What Are HIV and AIDS?” HIV.gov, 26 Sept. 2017, www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/about-hiv-and-aids/what-are-hiv-and-aids.

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When the number of your T cells falls below 200 cells per cubic millimeter of blood, you are considered to have progressed to AIDS.
(normal is about 600-1500 T cells per cubic millimeter)
-without treatment life expectancy falls to 1-3 years

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-the virus is living within the person without showing symptoms, or very few
-continues to reproduce at low levels
-AIDs will develop in a few years without treatment

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2-4 weeks after becoming infected these symptoms are very likely to occur

fever, swollen glands, sore throat, rash, severe vomiting, muscle and joint aches and pains, and headache

-highest risk of transmission
-need to start ACT ASAP
-uses T-cells to replicate and destroys them in the process

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There are three stages of HIV

1. Acute
2. Clinical Latency
3. AIDs

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The treatment used for HIV is called antiretroviral therapy (ART).  AIDs would develop within a few years without ART

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cannot be cured, but can be lived with

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spread through specific body fluids and attacks T-cells

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HIV is the virus that can lead to AIDs(acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)

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human immunodeficiency virus