Date : Wednesday, 20 May 2015
Time : 23:09
Title : Introduction to HIV
Time : 23:09
Title : Introduction to HIV
I'm sure that all of you have heard of “HIV”. What exactly is HIV?
“HIV” stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
HIV is a virus that the human immune system cannot seem to get rid of it. This means that if you are contracted with HIV, you will have to suffer with it for the rest of your life.
HIV can hide for long periods of time in the cells of your body and that it attacks a key part of your immune system. Once HIV invades the immune system, your body will be incapable of fighting infections and diseases.
HIV can be found in the blood, semen, vaginal fluid, and breast milk of infected people. HIV is not as contagious as is often believed. The virus does not survive long outside the body and can only be transmitted through the direct exchange of certain body fluids such as blood, semen and vaginal fluid.
With around 2.5 million people becoming infected with HIV in 2011, there are now an estimated 34 million people around the world who are living with HIV, including millions who have developed AIDS. HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, “acquired immunodeficiency syndrome” has become one of the world’s most serious health and development challenges.
Here is a fun fact of HIV: When HIV jumps from one individual to another, it mutates at a breakneck speed, but it does so 2 to 6 times more slowly than within any single person. Unexpectedly, the virus seems to evolve faster in a single host, than in a population.
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HIV- A virus behind AIDS
HIV can hide for long periods of time in the cells of your body and that it attacks a key part of your immune system. Once HIV invades the immune system, your body will be incapable of fighting infections and diseases.
HIV can be found in the blood, semen, vaginal fluid, and breast milk of infected people. HIV is not as contagious as is often believed. The virus does not survive long outside the body and can only be transmitted through the direct exchange of certain body fluids such as blood, semen and vaginal fluid.
With around 2.5 million people becoming infected with HIV in 2011, there are now an estimated 34 million people around the world who are living with HIV, including millions who have developed AIDS. HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, “acquired immunodeficiency syndrome” has become one of the world’s most serious health and development challenges.
Here is a fun fact of HIV: When HIV jumps from one individual to another, it mutates at a breakneck speed, but it does so 2 to 6 times more slowly than within any single person. Unexpectedly, the virus seems to evolve faster in a single host, than in a population.