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HIV 101. OBJECTIVES. At the end of this unit, participants will be able to: § Clear up misconceptions regarding how HIV is transmitted. § Provide a brief overview of HIV and AIDS facts. § Help clients understand basic concepts about how HIV infection affects the body. INSTRUCTIONS. 1.
transmission, HIV is acquired through sexual and needle-sharing risk behaviors that are well known and can be changed. In our research on strategies to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, we have found that reductions in risk behaviors can markedly diminish a person’s chance of becoming infected.
Older learners need to know what a sexually transmitted disease is, and that people with STDs are more vulnerable to the HI virus. Older learners need to know that abstinence is the best way to prevent infection.
How is HIV transmission prevented? When used correctly, condoms worn on the penis or condoms worn in the vagina or anus are effective against HIV transmission when having vaginal or anal sex. A condom or dental dam can also be used during oral sex, although the risk of HIV transmission in oral sex is extremely low.
HIV AND AIDS - THE BASICS 1. What exactly is HIV? 2. Where did HIV originate from? 3. What is AIDS? 4. What causes AIDS? 5. What are examples of common “opportunistic infections”? TRANSMISSION 1. How do you get infected with HIV? 2. What are the signs and symptoms of HIV infection? 3. Are some people more likely to become HIV infected than ...
HIV is the greatest escapist. HIV-1 Strategies to counteract host immunity. Adaptive immunity. Intrinsic immunity. HUGE GENETIC DIVERSITY. Population level. Individual level. Deep sequencing. Sanger sequencing. Balance between mutation rate, drift and selection. High replication rate: 109-12 new virions/day. Error-prone polymerase:
Students will understand the causes of HIV and AIDS and transmission of HIV. Students will understand how HIV affects the immune system and how it disrupts the body’s ability to fight infection.
